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Byron Highway at Bruns Road Shutdown After Vehicle vs. Semi Crash

by ECT

At 3:36 am Thursday, the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District was dispatched to a report of a semi-truck versus vehicle at Byron Highway near Bruns Road in Byron.

Upon arrival, Engine 59 located a semi-truck with power lines down along with another vehicle with heavy damage on its roof. Due to the lines down, they could not make access to the vehicle.  Units from San Joaquin County were requested to check on that vehicle.

A CHP helicopter who was in the air responded to the scene along with a medical helicopter who were attempting to self-land to check on the second vehicle.

PG&E was expected to be on scene by 5:00 am.

UPDATE – at least one person was airlifted to a local hospital.
According to Battalion Chief 5, three people were released on scene.

CHP Log

Detail Information
7:56 AM37[86] 1039 COCO CORDS LN 83
7:55 AM36[85] 1039 PGE WILL CB W/ ETA
7:51 AM35[84] 404C INQ ETA FOR PGE TRFC CONTROL
6:45 AM34[82] EB LN DIV TO BRUNS AT WB LNS WILL BE DIV TO HEREDLYN
6:17 AM33[81] 1039 PGE W/ LINE 78- (CASE # OIS 7441682 )
6:05 AM32[77] 1039 UNITED TOW TO 1021 404C
5:59 AM31[72] [Notification] [CHP]-PER PGE – REQ CHP CLOSE BYRON X MOUNTAIN HOUSE ALSO [Shared]
5:53 AM30[70] 1039 PGandE — WILL GET IN CONTACT W/ THEIR SUPERVISOR AND SEE IF THEY CAN SET UP A CREW FOR 1184
5:48 AM29[68] 1039 COCO SO FOR CORDS
5:44 AM28[63] C19-404C VIA LL / HAS CALTRANS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TC SCENE / REQ A HARD CLOSURE TO BE ON WEST SIDE AT BRUNS RD / TO TURN VEHS AROUND OR HAVE THEM TURN RIGHT / NEG UPDATED ETO / THEY STILL HAVENT CLRD THE LINES
5:25 AM27[62] 1039 UNITED TOW ADVD 1185 DRVR HAS VIS OF TC / BUT PER DISPATCH IS STUCK IN TRFC ;;; EB BYRON JWO BRUNS ;;; AWARE OF NEG USE OF RHS / UNITED TOW NO LLL
5:24 AM26[61] 19-OIC VIA LL // THE VEHS ARE NOT 1125 // THE POWER LINES ARE // SO UNTIL PGandE CAN CONFIRM THE LINES ARE DE-CHARGED WE CANT LET ANYONE THROUGH // SO THE 1185 WILL NEED TO WAIT IN TRAFFIC
5:21 AM25[60] ADVSD LINE 59 TO UNITED 1185
5:21 AM24[59] 19-OIC NEG ON USING RHS // LINES ARE STILL CHARGED
5:19 AM23[55] CAN YOU ASK THEM WHAT DIRECTION THEY CAME FROM? DID THEY COME FROM BYRON? THEY WERE VERY SPEICIFCALLY TOLD TO COME FROM LIVERMORE B/C THE BYRON SIDE IS BLOCKED BY A POWER LINE
5:18 AM22[54] [Notification] [CHP]-UNITED TOW LL / REQ PERMISSION TO USE RHS [Shared]
5:08 AM21[53] EB BYRON HWY JWO BRUNS / 1185 DRVR COPZ LINE 52 / SAG
5:06 AM20[51] UNITED TOW WILL 1023 FOR RESP PER LINE 49
5:04 AM19[48] ^***UPDATE SIGALERT*** ETO 2 HOURS
5:03 AM18[47] 19-OIC COPIED / REQ SIG ALERT / CPYS LINE 44
5:02 AM17[46] C19-404C PGandE IS ADVSG AT LEAST 2 HOURS UNTIL WE CAN RE OPEN RDWY
4:59 AM16[44] ^***ISSUE SIGALERT*** BYRON HWY AT BURNS RD CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DUE TO TRAFFIC COLLISION AND DOWN POWER LINES. UNK ETO THAT THIS TIME. USE ALTERNATE ROUTE.
4:43 AM15[38] PGandE ETA 15-25 MINUTES
4:31 AM14[36] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 UNITED TOW / 925-844-4444 * COMING FROM LIVERMORE SIDE
4:26 AM13[33] 1039 PES TOW / THAT WOULD BE TOO FAR OO THE WAY FOR THEM / WILL 1022
4:26 AM12[32] 19-404C IF PES CANT HANDLE LINE 31 START AN 1185 FROM THE LIVERMORE SIDE
4:26 AM11[31] 19-404C VIA LL / FOR PES TOW / THE LANES ARE BLOCKED DUE TO POWER LINES SO THE 1185 WILL HAVE TO COME FROM 580 AND COME UP // THIS WONT AFFECT THE 1185S LOG 241 (FOR LINE 24) B/C THAT IS NORTH OF THE POWER LINES DOWN
4:09 AM10[29] 1039 PGandE / WILL CB W/ ETA
4:09 AM9[28] C19-404C THE LINES ARE ON THE SEMI TK
4:03 AM8[24] C19-404C A SOLO VEH 1182 JNO TC
4:01 AM7[23] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 PES TOW 925-757-5657
4:00 AM6[21] C19-404C BOTH SIDES BLKD
3:58 AM5[19] GG-H32 GOING 1097 SHORTLY VEH MAJ DMG START 1185 FOR SED
3:38 AM4[13] 1039 1141 / FIRE
3:38 AM3[12] VEHS BLKC
3:37 AM2[11] XFR FRM ALACSO / PER PSBY 1097 ADVD SIL LEXS VS SEMI
3:35 AM1[2] SEMI VS SMALL VEH

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1 comment

LoveableCurmudgeon Apr 2, 2021 - 4:11 am

Now THIS is definitely not a morning commuter. And there is zero excuse for the Byron Highway mayhem. The only issue with Byron Highway, a la Vasco&Camino Pablo, is careless, inconsiderate, drivers

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