At 5:15 am Thursday, East Contra Costa Fire Protection District firefighters responded to an overturned big rig on Highway near Camino Diablo in Byron. The incident also involved a sheered telephone pole with wires down which delayed the immediate extrication of the patient.
According to radio traffic, E59 and Battalion Chief 5 arrived to find a big rig hauling dairy product on its roof. Battalion Chief 5 later confirmed it was a “cream” of some sort. By 5:45 am, the driver was extricated from the vehicle with what appeared to be minor injuries.
The incident required California Highway Patrol for traffic control. CALSTAR was requested, but were cancelled on scene.
By 6:01, ECCFPD crews turned over the scene to CHP and all units were available.
Photos provided by ECCFPD
Here is the CHP Log:
At 5:56 am ***ISSUE SIGALERT*** BYRON HWYJNO CAMINO DIABLO ALL LANES BLOCKED DUE TO TRAFFIC COLLISION UNK ETO
| Detail Information | |||||||
| 5:46 AM | 14 | [31] 404C ALL LNS BLOCKED | |||||
| 5:45 AM | 13 | [29] 1185R BIG RIG / EMPTY TL – OT | |||||
| 5:30 AM | 12 | [23] [Notification] [CHP]-FIRE CPYS CHP ETA SEE LINE 22 FOR INFO | |||||
| 5:28 AM | 11 | [19] REQ ETA FOR CHP | |||||
| 5:28 AM | 10 | [17] [Notification] [CHP]-COCO FIRE 97 BYRON HWY JNO CAMINO DIABLO | |||||
| 5:27 AM | 9 | [16] LN 14 PER FIRE | |||||
| 5:16 AM | 8 | [11] AND 1039 FIRE ALSO | |||||
| 5:16 AM | 7 | [10] PER ANOTHER APPEARS TO BE A BIG RIG CARRYING FUEL | |||||
| 5:15 AM | 6 | [6] 1039 1141 | |||||
| 5:15 AM | 5 | [5] BLOCKING | |||||
| 5:14 AM | 4 | [4] DRIVE OF THE RIG IS STUCK INSIDE | |||||
| 5:14 AM | 3 | [3] VEHS ARE TRYING TO CROSS OVER THE LINES | |||||
| 5:14 AM | 2 | [2] POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE RDWY | |||||
| 5:14 AM | 1 | [1] OT BIG RIG | |||||
