FREMONT — A person died Thursday in a freeway crash involving six vehicles, one of them a big rig loaded with about 10,000 pounds of beef, the California Highway Patrol said.
Few details about the fatal wreck were available immediately, including whether anyone else was injured.
The wreck happened about 7:05 a.m. on southbound Interstate 680 just north of the Mission Boulevard exit.
The big rig with the beef weighed approximately 35,000 to 40,000 pounds, according to the CHP. It jackknifed approximately 20 feet off the roadway and down an embankment, the agency said.
The aftermath left every lane of southbound I-680 blocked except for the express lane. The CHP issued a Sig Alert for severe traffic and did not have an estimated time for when the lanes would be open.
A big rig towing truck had been requested, and the CHP opened the express lane to all traffic.
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