Interstate 880 Oakland Closed In Stolen Van Crash, Police Standoff
Interstate 880 near the Oakland Coliseum was closed in both directions for more than two hours Monday morning following after a police chase and standoff with a man in a stolen van.
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Interstate 880 near the Oakland Coliseum was closed in both directions for more than two hours Monday morning following after a police chase and standoff with a man in a stolen van.
A crash involving two big-rig trucks closed lanes of a connector ramp leading to the Bay Bridge for about four hours Friday, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
The northbound Interstate 880 connector to eastbound Interstate 80 in Oakland will be closed late Friday night, according to Caltrans.
The more than $150 million in funding will be used for carpool lanes and expanding Interstate 880 between San Jose and Milpitas.
For several years now, workers have been rebuilding it, with much of the construction and associated road closures taking place at night.
All lanes were open Wednesday morning on northbound Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland after being closed to traffic for about six hours following a hit-and-run crash involving a big-rig, according to the CHP.
California Highway Patrol officers were searching for suspects in a hit-and-run that killed a 72-year-old man who was walking across southbound Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland early Monday morning, a CHP officer said.
A tanker truck carrying 1,000 gallons of fuel crashed on Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland Thursday afternoon and has blocked multiple lanes of traffic, according to the California Highway Patrol.
One person was killed in a car crash on Interstate Highway 880 in Alameda County.
A crash on Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland Thursday night killed a driver and injured his passenger, while the other driver involved was arrested for drunk driving, according to the CHP.
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A man died when a big-rig struck a tree and overturned on a connector ramp from southbound Interstate Highway 880 to southbound Interstate Highway 238 in San Leandro Friday morning, authorities said.
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Investigators are trying to sort things out after a man was killed while trying to run across Interstate 880 in Oakland early Saturday.
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One person was killed in a collision early Friday morning on Interstate Highway 880 that closed an on-ramp near the Oakland Coliseum for more than an hour.
One person was killed and another suffered major injuries as a result of a two-car collision on northbound Interstate 880 in Oakland Thursday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol.
UPDATE: A 40-year-old Oakley woman was killed in a crash on southbound Interstate Highway 880 in San Leandro early Thursday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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