A fatal accident has closed eastbound Highway 4 near Balfour Road Monday morning. The incident occurred around 4:24 am after a white pickup truck and a semi-truck collided.
The incident left the white pickup truck hanging over a concrete barrier on the overpass. CHP stated the driver of the pickup was pronounced dead at the scene.
CHP issued a SIG Alert at 4:44 am with no estimate of when the road would be reopened. The accident is impacting Vasco Road commuters as the road is closed Balfour and Marsh Creek.
9:00 am Update
As of 8:27 am Monday, the SIGALERT was cancelled and all lanes were re-opened
Per CHP
BRENTWOOD, Calif. – Highway 4 Bypass was shut down in both directions, east of Balfour Road today due to a fatal traffic collision that occurred at 4:30 AM. The collision occurred when the 17 year old driver of a Toyota Tacoma allowed his vehicle to drift from the eastbound lane, over the double yellow lines, and into the path of a GMC 6000 utility truck that was traveling in the westbound lane. The driver side of the Toyota collided head on with the left front end of the GMC. The Toyota then careened out of control and overturned until coming to rest atop a concrete barrier along the right side of the Fairview Avenue overpass.
The driver of the Toyota died as a result of his injuries and his 17 year old female passenger was transport to a local hospital with non life threatening injuries. The driver of the GMC was uninjured.
This traffic collision is still under investigation and witnesses of this incident are asked to please call 925.646.4980 to provide us with any additional information they may have. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of this young man. Please drive safely during the Holiday Season and everyday.
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Here is the CHP Log:
| Detail Information | |||||||
| 6:59 AM | 34 | [92] 1039 DOTCC | |||||
| 6:57 AM | 33 | [91] ROLL DOT ASAP TO INSPECT POSS K-RAIL DAMAGE PER 19-S9 PLS | |||||
| 6:04 AM | 32 | [88] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 ARROWHEAD TOW W/BIG RIG TOW SD217 800-750-6539 THEY COPY ALL LINE 68 | |||||
| 6:04 AM | 31 | [87] 404C – VIA LL CORONER 1097 | |||||
| 5:39 AM | 30 | [83] 1039 PIO/ NEG ANSWER | |||||
| 5:36 AM | 29 | [81] 1039 AMERICAN LINE 68 | |||||
| 5:35 AM | 28 | [80] 1039 COCO SO LINE 79 | |||||
| 5:28 AM | 27 | [68] 404C 2ND EVID 1185 FOR GMC 6000 PGE TYPE TRK W/ A BOOM | |||||
| 5:27 AM | 26 | [66] [Notification] [CHP]-COCO SO LL //PRESS IS 97 AT CLOSURE INQ IF THEY CAN GO TO ACCIDENT SCENE | |||||
| 5:15 AM | 25 | [62] 1039 BTWD PD FOR HARD CLOSURE WILL CONTACT PUBLIC WORKS | |||||
| 5:07 AM | 24 | [61] 1039 BTWD PD / ADV UNITS ARE ALREADY 97 | |||||
| 5:04 AM | 23 | [60] 19-M6 WALNUT AT BALFOUR 1097 W/ AMR TC// SEP LOG | |||||
| 5:02 AM | 22 | [59] 1039 AMERICAN // ETA 30-40 MIN | |||||
| 4:59 AM | 21 | [56] PER COCO SO WILL BE BRENTWOOD PD FOR ROAD CLOSURE | |||||
| 4:55 AM | 20 | [53] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 AMERICAN ON EXPED 800 794 8122 SD 215 | |||||
| 4:54 AM | 19 | [50] [Notification] [CHP]-19-180 VIA LL – REQ CORDS FOR HARD CLOSURE EB 4 AT BALFOUR – GOING LL | |||||
| 4:44 AM | 18 | [43] 1039 1185 LINE 41 | |||||
| 4:44 AM | 17 | [42] [Notification] [CHP]-^***ISSUE SIGALERT***EB SR 4 JEO BALFOUR RD, LANES 1-2 BLOCKED, UNKNOWN ETO. | |||||
| 4:43 AM | 16 | [40] 404C VEH VS VEH NEG SEMI | |||||
| 4:41 AM | 15 | [36] 1039 DOTCC | |||||
| 4:39 AM | 14 | [34] 1039 CCSO WILL SEND UNIT TO MARSH CREEK AT VASCO | |||||
| 4:39 AM | 13 | [32] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 ARROWHEAD TOW CNCD 800-750-6539 SD 217 WILL CB W/ETA | |||||
| 4:36 AM | 12 | [28] 1039 BRENTWOOD PD ONLY HAVE ONE UNIT AVAILABLE AND IS ENRT | |||||
| 4:36 AM | 11 | [27] 1185 BIG RIG TOW HANGING OVER THE OVERPASS SR4 EO BALFOUR | |||||
| 4:35 AM | 10 | [25] 1039 FIRE | |||||
| 4:35 AM | 9 | [24] ADV FIRE WILL NEED TO BE CUT OUT | |||||
| 4:34 AM | 8 | [23] TRK MANGLED AROUND THE TRAPPED PARTY | |||||
| 4:34 AM | 7 | [22] 1039 COCO FIRE | |||||
| 4:33 AM | 6 | [18] 1 PARTY STILL TRAPPED | |||||
| 4:30 AM | 5 | [14] 1039 COCO FIRE | |||||
| 4:29 AM | 4 | [13] XRAY HAS HEAD INJS | |||||
| 4:29 AM | 3 | [12] PARTY IS OUT OF THE SEMI | |||||
| 4:28 AM | 2 | [11] XRAY OUT OF TRUCK / MALE SUBJ STUCK IN VEH / PARTY STILL BREATHING | |||||
| 4:24 AM | 1 | [1] PK VS SEMI | |||||
3 comments
This is sad. Prayers to the family
17 year-olds out & about at 4:30 A.M.? Wow – so, so sad. Thoughts & prayers to the family.
Very sad. Too young to be gone. Looking at the photo, it is a miracle that the girl survived.
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