RICHMOND — A difficult transit day on Bay Area freeways got worse Wednesday afternoon when a semi-truck and car crashed on Interstate 80, the California Highway Patrol said.
The crash around 12:05 p.m. did not injure anyone, but it left the two far right lanes blocked for about an hour on westbound I-80 near the Carlson Boulevard on-ramp, the CHP said. The agency issued a Sig Alert for severe traffic at 12:20 p.m.
The truck carried a load of rice, but it did not spill onto the freeway, the CHP said. The other car involved was a Ford Focus, the CHP said.
The Sig Alert marked the third in the East Bay before 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
A U-Haul blew a tire on northbound Interstate 880 and blocked two lanes near the Lewelling Boulevard exit in San Leandro around 7:22 a.m. A three-car crash around 6:45 a.m. occurred between the Willow Pass Road and Monument Boulevard exits on southbound Interstate 680 brought a 55-minute Sig Alert in Pleasant Hill.
