Crime & Safety
Big-Rig Driver Killed In I-680 Crash
BREAKING: The truck went off the freeway, clipped a car, went through a fence and hit a tree near Alcosta Boulevard, CHP said.
SAN RAMON, CA – A big-rig driver died when his truck went off a highway and into a tree this morning in San Ramon, California Highway Patrol officials said.
Someone called the CHP at about 7 a.m. to tell them that a big-rig went off southbound Interstate Highway 680 just north of Alcosta Boulevard and clipped a vehicle on the right shoulder of the highway.
CHP spokesman Officer Tyler Hahn said the truck continued through a fence and into a tree.
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The occupants of the vehicle clipped by the big-rig were not hurt.
CHP officials said the crash has closed northbound San Ramon Valley Road between Alcosta Boulevard and Pine Valley Road because the truck came to a stop on San Ramon Valley Road.
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CHP officials did not have an estimate for when San Ramon Valley Road would reopen.
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