The California Highway Patrol reports that the Ashby Avenue on-ramp to eastbound Interstate 80 in Berkeley will be closed until about 4 p.m. after a traffic collision Wednesday morning.
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1 taken to hospital after crash at Ashby, MLK
Authorities are responding to South Berkeley for a traffic collision. Photo: BPD Police asked motorists to avoid the area around Ashby Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in South Berkeley after a traffic collision Sunday morning that sent one person to the hospital. Roads were closed and the Berkeley Fire Department was on scene attending to […]
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‘Severe traffic alert’ in the East Bay due to tractor trailer fire, fuel spill
Source: ABC 7 Traffic through Berkeley is snarled on the highway after a tractor trailer caught fire and spilled fuel on Interstate 880 near I-580, authorities report. Circulation in that area — northbound I-880 to eastbound I-80 — is limited, and authorities have advised motorists to use alternate routes, according to 511 Bay Area. “On Friday, July 8th, at […]
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Update: Hit-and-run accident stops traffic on I-80
There was significant traffic on eastbound I-80 as of about 11:10 p.m. Image: Google Maps A Sig Alert was issued after what was initially reported to be an injury accident involving multiple vehicles on eastbound Interstate 80 in Berkeley caused serious traffic in the area. The accident took place between the Ashby Avenue exit and entrance […]
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Berkeley camp bus accident injures at least 16
Image: Google maps At least 12 children and four adults were injured when a bus full of Berkeley summer campers rear-ended a Nissan van on westbound Interstate 80 on Monday morning, causing a “chain reaction collision,” the California Highway Patrol has reported. The accident took place at approximately 10 a.m. on I-80 near Ashby Avenue. […]
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Coming soon: Less traffic with a smart Interstate 80
When the I-80 Smart Corridor Project is completed in late 2015, motorists will see signs telling them about the traffic flow before them. Photo: Smart Corridor Project Motorists driving south on Interstate 80 near Gilman might have been surprised recently by a new sign with flashing “Xs,” yellow and green arrows, or a “30” or “55.” […]
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Pedestrian seriously injured after Berkeley crash
Traffic was backed up after a serious accident on Telegraph and Ashby on Thursday afternoon. Image: Google Maps Update, May 21, 3 p.m. Police determined that the primary collision factor in this crash was a right-of-way violation by the Volvo driver, who failed to yield to the pedestrian in the crosswalk. Update, April 16, 5:45 p.m. Police released […]
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CHP seeks driver who fled after Berkeley crash injures 5
A crash on I-80 earlier this week sent five people, including three children, to the hospital with injuries. Photo: Don Melandry The California Highway Patrol is looking for a driver who caused a crash on the freeway in Berkeley earlier this week that overturned his vehicle and sent three children and two adults to the hospital. […]
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Caldecott Tunnel bore re-opens after car collision, fire
The scene inside the eastbound bore of the Caldecott Tunnel where a collision and fire occurred today. Photo: Oakland Firefighters The scene inside the eastbound bore of the Caldecott Tunnel where a collision and fire occurred today. Photo: Oakland Firefighters The eastbound, right-hand bore of the Caldecott Tunnel re-opened at around 11:15 this morning after being investigated for […]
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Big rig spill in Berkeley closes westbound lane of I-80
A big rig spilled wood pallets on I-80 west of University Avenue early in the morning of March 10, 2015. Photo: Greg Merritt Drivers are being advised to avoid I-80 in the Berkeley area after a big rig spilled its load of wood pallets by the pedestrian overpass near the University Avenue exit of the freeway at […]
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After Corvette crash in Berkeley, man headed to trial
A mangled Corvette that was involved in an early morning accident on Tunnel Road in Berkeley last June. Photo: Jacquelyn McCormick An Alameda County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday afternoon that a young man from Tracy will face the charges against him after authorities say he crashed a Corvette on Tunnel Road in Berkeley last summer […]
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Traffic snarled on I-80 near Berkeley, 2 accidents
Image: Sigalert.com Authorities are responding to two accidents near Berkeley on Interstate 80, according to the CHP, and traffic has been seriously impacted. A SIG alert has been issued. According to a 6:18 p.m. alert, the roadway has been reduced to one lane between the Hoffman Split (eastbound) and Golden Gate Fields (westbound) at Ashby Avenue. Traffic […]
