Crime & Safety

Fatal Crash Slows I-580 Traffic This Morning

Lanes by Highway 880 have been shut down and blocked. Traffic to and from the Tri-Valley via Highway 580 may be delayed.

By Bay City News

Traffic is snarled on I-580 and along state Highway 238 in Hayward this morning after a fatal crash involving two big rigs and a car, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The crash was reported around 5:20 a.m. on northbound Highway 238
just south of Hesperian Boulevard and near the Interstate Highway 880
connector in Hayward, according to the CHP. The collision caused the car to
become trapped underneath one of the big rigs.

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Alameda County Fire crews attempted to extract the driver of the
car pinned underneath the big rig, but the driver was declared dead around
6:30 a.m., according to the CHP.

Motorists are advised to avoid northbound Highway 238 during this morning's commute.

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According to ABC7, traffic leading out of Dublin on westbound Highway 580 is backed up.


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