Crime & Safety

Fatal Collision Overnight Closes Highway 680

Two people died in the fiery three-car collision on I-680 at Crow Canyon Road, San Ramon.

From Bay City News Service:

Two people were killed in a three-car crash that sparked a car fire on Interstate Highway 680 in San Ramon, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The three-car collision was reported just after 1:20 a.m. Sunday on southbound Highway 680 at the Crow Canyon Road off-ramp, according to the CHP.

One of the vehicles started leaking gas after the crash and one car caught fire. Multiple passengers appeared to be trapped in the vehicle that caught fire, according to the CHP.

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The CHP issued a Sig-alert at 1:36 a.m. and shut down the roadway
at the scene of the crash.

The slow lane on southbound Highway 680 has since reopened.



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