Big Rig Hurls Off Highway 101 Onto Bayshore
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- A big rig careened out of control on Highway 101 in San Francisco Saturday morning, crashing through a barrier and off an overpass before tumbling down to Bayshore Blvd. 20 feet below, authorities said.
Bayshore closed @ Paul, truck drove off 101 onto city roadway. 3 occupants of truck injured w/non-life threat.inj. @CHPSanFrancisco handling pic.twitter.com/W57zPjHRcl
— R. Vaswani (@sfvas) March 4, 2017
Fire officials reported on Twitter the incident occurred just after 8 a.m. on the northbound side of the highway near Paul Avenue.
According to San Francisco Police Captain Raj Vaswani three occupants of the truck were transported from the scene with non life-threatening injuries.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation, and drivers were advised to avoid the area.