Posts Tagged ‘Highway 24’
Crockett Fire, Multiple Freeway Crashes Reported Friday
The day’s rainfall may have turned our freeways into giant Slip n’ Slides but it had no apparent affect on a 2-Alarm fire burning aggressively in Crockett. As usual, we’re updating subscribers via our Flash Alert system – you may want to try it if you like knowing “what’s going on” in your part of…
Read MoreDriver Killed In Highway 24 Crash Tuesday
A motorist was killed when their car veered off westbound Highway 24 at Acalanes and struck a tree or other obstruction in Lafayette Tuesday. The crash was reported at approximately 5:16p.m. Rescuers found the driver, subsequently identified as James Richardson, 45 of San Leandro, pinned and unresponsive in the wreckage of his car and rendered…
Read MoreWet And Wild 24 Hours On 24/680; MOFD Truck Struck By Hit-Run Driver
The area’s recent rainstorms turned long stretches of our local freeways into debris fields as cars spun out, overturned and, in one instance, ran into the back of a massive Moraga-Orinda Fire Protection District firetruck. Crashes almost too numerous to cite were reported through Friday night into Saturday morning with frequent trouble spots emerging on…
Read MoreWet Roads And Overnight Police Action Gum Up The 24/680 Thursday
This rainfall – which by all reports will be with us for a while – is great for our gardens but it’s playing hell with our roadways. If you’re on one, we don’t have to tell you it’s pretty slidy out there and people are crashing into things. Eastbound Highway 24 was crawling through Orinda…
Read MoreInjury Crash At 24/680 Interchange Early Thursday
Six-car pileup at our namesake interchange overnight (with injury) continues our streak of crashes in the area. This one was reported at around 3 a.m.
Read MoreRainfall Leads To Crashes On Highway 24 Saturday
Couple of non-injury crashes on Highway 24 this morning but – thankfully! – no reports of injuries.
Read MoreDriver Dies In Fiery DUI Crash On Highway 24 Sunday Morning; Concord Man Arrested
One person was killed and another injured in a fiery crash on eastbound SR24 just west of Interstate 680 Sunday morning, according to the Contra Costa CHP. Officers responding to reports of a collision at that location found two cars at about 1:21 a.m., according to the CHP, with a 2003 Nissan sedan fully engulfed…
Read MoreDriver Killed In Westbound 24 Crash In Orinda Sunday
A Pittsburg man was seriously injured and later died from injuries suffered in an intense, rollover crash on westbound Highway 24 west of St. Stephens in Orinda Sunday night. The 22-year-old victim, later identified as Bobby Jones, was driving his Kia Spectra sedan when for reasons still unexplained he veered the Kia to the right and off…
Read MoreSo, How’s YOUR 24/680 Commute Going This Morning?
The good news is everyone made it out of this one in good order. The bad news is that traffic on the southbound I680 connector to westbound Highway 24 is looking a little sticky as the Highway Patrol and others clear the wreckage and reopen lanes. Apparently this car tangled with another and “turtled,” blocking…
Read MoreFatal Crash On Westbound Highway 24 At Broadway Stalls Wednesday Morning Commute
UPDATE: Westbound lanes of Highway 24 at Broadway reopened and moving again at 7:36 a.m. A fatal accident on westbound Highway 24 at the Broadway exit prompted a SigAlert for the area Wednesday, immediately closing all but a single lane of traffic and prompting a backup felt as far as Acalanes Road. We’re getting multiple…
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