CONCORD, CALIFORNIA – Two people were killed and two others were injured in an overnight wrong-way crash on Interstate 680 in Concord early Monday, October 19.
The collision shut down the northbound freeway for hours, with traffic diverted onto Highway 242 before the lanes reopened Monday morning.
The crash happened shortly before 2 a.m. in the northbound lanes south of Willow Pass Road. A driver traveling the wrong way collided with an oncoming vehicle, according to Patch’s report citing the California Highway Patrol.
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Contra Costa News reported that the collision occurred around 1:50 a.m. Contra Costa County Fire Protection District crews and multiple ambulances were dispatched to the scene.
Two people died at the scene, according to that report. The CHP is investigating the collision.
The two injured people were taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek. Their conditions were not detailed in the reports available Monday morning.
For drivers heading through Concord, the overnight closure had ended by the morning commute. All northbound lanes reopened at 6:19 a.m., according to CBS News Bay Area.
The circumstances that led to the driver traveling the wrong way remained unclear in the initial reports.
