did any of you guys drive on the 880 today? some big rig crashed and blew up or some shit. shit was stopped for hours. took me almost an hour and half to get from industrial blvd. in hayward to 580 on mission cause so many peopel were taking that route to get around it. never seen anything like it before
godddamna the 880 was fucked up today
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SAN LEANDRO (CBS 5 / KCBS / AP / BCN) ― One of two drivers killed in a fiery crash that closed a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 880 on Thursday was hauling a small truckload of coffins and had stopped on the freeway before a garbage hauling big-rig crashed into his vehicle, another truck and several cars.
Both directions of the I-880 Nimitz Freeway in San Leandro were shut down following the 9:15 a.m. crash. The California Highway Patrol said all lanes of the highway were finally reopened nearly ten hours later, after all the wreckage was cleared.
In all, five vehicles were involved in the collision in which two people died and one person was seriously injured.
CHP investigators indicated the crash happened after a small car traveling south had a tire failure just south of Marina Boulevard and veered over from the fast lane. That caused the big-rig carrying garbage to swerve toward the center divide.
Police said the Wast Management garbage truck, which also was traveling south, smashed into the center divide and exploded. It then went airborne crushing a Batesville Casket truck, which was delivering coffins, and hitting a flatbed tow truck head-on in the northbound lane. It finally came to rest, engulfed in flames, straddling the concrete barrier.
"The big rig is in essence a see-saw across the center median," said CHP Officer Oscar Johnson.
The driver of the coffin truck was pronounced dead at the scene. A second body was also found, and authorities later determined it was the driver of the big-rig. No identities were immediately released.
Both directions of the I-880 Nimitz Freeway in San Leandro were shut down following the 9:15 a.m. crash. The California Highway Patrol said all lanes of the highway were finally reopened nearly ten hours later, after all the wreckage was cleared.
In all, five vehicles were involved in the collision in which two people died and one person was seriously injured.
CHP investigators indicated the crash happened after a small car traveling south had a tire failure just south of Marina Boulevard and veered over from the fast lane. That caused the big-rig carrying garbage to swerve toward the center divide.
Police said the Wast Management garbage truck, which also was traveling south, smashed into the center divide and exploded. It then went airborne crushing a Batesville Casket truck, which was delivering coffins, and hitting a flatbed tow truck head-on in the northbound lane. It finally came to rest, engulfed in flames, straddling the concrete barrier.
"The big rig is in essence a see-saw across the center median," said CHP Officer Oscar Johnson.
The driver of the coffin truck was pronounced dead at the scene. A second body was also found, and authorities later determined it was the driver of the big-rig. No identities were immediately released.
