Center median and the trailer made contact with the overpass. The driver was not wearing a seat belt. That collision caused the driver of the big rig to be ejected. Watched the door fly open, body sucked out of the truck, flew about 30 feet and landed. Reporter the chp hopes this accident serves as another reminder of wearing a seat belt. People dont listen to us nothing we can do about it. Seat belts save lives. Reporter it took about three hours to clear the accident and open the westbound lanes. The drivers name has not been released. The truck belonged to a San Francisco trucking company. Damage to the overpass was minor, so cal transallowed traffic to continue on university and underneath. In berkeley, eric thomas, abc 7 news. This is a time lapse view of the traffic along interstate 80 as a result of the crash this morning. A thick layer of fog rolled in across the camera before 10 00 a. M. And it lingered for a while. And take a look at this picture from San Francisco, showing t
Im cheryl jennings. An unusual sight along interstate as you saw with heavy traffic on the holiday. Lasted for hours because several lanes shut down from a big rig crash. The truck hit a Center Divide and overpass here berkeley. The driver was thrown from the truck and died. Abc 7 news anchor eric thomas has the full story. Reporter with the trailer jammed under the University Avenue overpass and the tractor stopped some 50 yards away traffic on westbound 80 was backed up all the way from berkeley to martinez on this black friday. Its crazy. I was just telling my grandmother i feel like im on my way to work on a weekday. Trying to get shopping in for black friday and not getting there any quick. Reporter the Highway Patrol says the accident happened before 9 00 this morning. A witness who lives in a tent city near the freeway saw and heard it. First thing we saw was a tire pop. Tire blew, sounded like a gunshot. The next thing we heard and saw was metal folding after he hit the pylon u
We were on the em park dare as they later took over the busy street about 100 people held scenes and chanted peacefully. There are demonstrators in oakland as well. Oakland police say protestors should expect heavy Police Presence especially near freeway on and off ramp. This photo tweeted by the oakland chp. Now heres chuck with more on the election and the protests taking place in more than two dozen american cities. Reporter back to the streets. America had voted for some one who built the entire platform on hate and discrimination. Vowing for Third Straight night they will never accept the out come of tuesdays election. In miami demonstrators tried to tie up traffic on this highway. In new york city the protestors converge intertrump tower just one day after meeting with president obama. He will agree to the president request not to tamper with some provision of obama care. Are you going to make sure that people with preconditions are still covered. Yes. Because it happens to be on