Crime & Safety

Big-Rig Crash Slows Hwy 101 Traffic In Healdsburg

BREAKING: Southbound lanes were closed for about three hours Wednesday morning.

HEALSDBURG, CA — A big-rig that went down an embankment caused the closure of the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 101 in the central Healdsburg exit area this morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The tanker went off the road around 8:35 a.m. Wednesday, and the CHP closed the lanes while the big-rig was pulled out of the embankment.

The southbound lanes reopened at about 11:30 a.m.

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Bay City News Service contributed to this report.

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