A grocery store big rig overturned early Thursday on a freeway connector, causing havoc that lasted into the early afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The northbound Interstate 238 connector had the far left lane open at 1:30 p.m., an improvement from from the previous 12 hours. The overturned big rig on I-238 blocked the entire direction onto the entry of southbound Interstate 880.
The crash happened about 1:35 a.m. Traffic flowed normally on the connector ramp for vehicles going to northbound I-880 or big rigs using Interstate 580.
The driver of the big rig refused medical attention, according to reports confirmed by the CHP.
The CHP said the big rig spilled a mix of oil and diesel fuel, and a hazardous materials team from Alameda County came to clean it up. The CHP said some of it spilled but that it was unknown how much.
The CHP also needed equipment to upright the big rig and a tow truck to take it away. That didn’t happen until after the oil and fuel were cleaned up, according to the CHP.
Boxes of food and drinks from the big rig also spilled onto the freeway and needed to be removed.
The CHP ended a Sig-Alert for severe traffic at 1:30 p.m.
