Traffic & Transit

Truck Swerves Across I-780, Prompting Sig-Alert At Glen Cove Road

Westbound I-780 was blocked as a helicopter landed, CHP reported.

GLEN COVE, CA — A Sig-alert was issued at 12:49 p.m. Thursday for westbound Interstate Highway 780 at Glen Cove Road after a truck swerved across lanes and hit a tree, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The incident was first reported at 12:05 p.m. and left a person trapped inside the truck; at 1:13 p.m. CHP reported all lanes were blocked as a helicopter was landing on the freeway.

At 1:28 p.m., CHP reported the No. 1 westbound lane had reopened.

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