The California Highway Patrol issued a SIGALERT just before 6:00 am Monday after a crane struck a power pole which shut down all westbound lanes of Highway 24. It also knocked out power to more than 100 PG&E customers.
By 6:29 am, the SIGALERT was cancelled and all lanes were open.
According to BART:
There is currently a downed PG&E power line near the BART Lafayette track rebuilding work site. At this time, it is our understanding that shortly before 5:30 a.m. the large crane being used to carry out the track work hit the power line causing it to fall and block all westbound lanes of Highway 24. The freeway lanes have since been re-opened.
There are no injuries.
BART was already planning to run a Sunday schedule with service beginning at 8 a.m. When service begins, the planned bus bridge will be in place.
PG&E, Caltrans, CHP, and the Fire Department were notified.
This incident will not impact BART’s ability to re-open the track and provide regular BART service as planned on Tuesday morning.
| Detail Information | |||||||
| 6:29 AM | 32 | [72] ^***CANCEL SIGALERT*** ALL LANES OPEN | |||||
| 6:28 AM | 31 | [71] [Notification] [CHP]-COPY, ALL LANES OPEN, 1039 DOTCC, CMS OFF [Shared] | |||||
| 6:25 AM | 30 | [70] A19-241M FWY AND OFR OPEN | |||||
| 6:21 AM | 29 | [69] A19-681A 97 IN CD AT EL CURTOLA | |||||
| 6:21 AM | 28 | [68] Secondary Location for A19-681A: Sr24 E / Oak Hill Rd Ofr,Lafayette,CA 94549 | |||||
| 6:16 AM | 27 | [67] A19-683A 1039 LAFAYETTE PD | |||||
| 6:15 AM | 26 | [66] A19-683A 19-683 CPYS AT TOP OF PH ONR SO NO ONE GETS THROUGH | |||||
| 6:15 AM | 25 | [65] A19-402A 97 AT PH RAMP W/TRFC CONTROL CREW – CREW WILL HOLD ONR 19-402 WILL TURN AROUND RUN ROUND ROBINS EB | |||||
| 6:14 AM | 24 | [63] A19-683A REQ IF LAFAYETTE PD CAN ASSIST W/SHUTTING DWN PH ONR TO WB 24 | |||||
| 5:59 AM | 23 | [55] A19-241M LAFAYETTE AWARE AND 1097 | |||||
| 5:59 AM | 22 | [54] A19-241M TRAFFIC CONTROL CO – ENRT TO WB SIDE – WILL SHUT DOWN PL HILL ONR TO WB 683 C[U | |||||
| 5:57 AM | 21 | [48] A19-682M ADVISE LAFAYETTE OF THE THE TRAFFIC | |||||
| 5:55 AM | 20 | [43] A19-241M – START DIVERTING TRAFFIC – AT PLEASANT HILL EB | |||||
| 5:54 AM | 19 | [41] ^***ISSUE SIGALERT*** WB SR24 AT OAK HILL RD ALL LANES BLOCKED DUE TO POWER POLE DOWN, ALL TRAFFIC DIVERTED OFF FREEWAY TO CENTRAL LAFAYETTE EXIT, UNK ETO | |||||
| 5:53 AM | 18 | [38] 1039 DOTCC | |||||
| 5:50 AM | 17 | [37] 1039 OIC VASQUEZ | |||||
| 5:50 AM | 16 | [36] ISSUE SIG ALERT | |||||
| 5:47 AM | 15 | [35] A19-241M – ISSUE A SIG ALERT – | |||||
| 5:45 AM | 14 | [28] DIVERTING ALL THE TRAFFIC OFF | |||||
| 5:45 AM | 13 | [27] FIRE HAS FWY SHUT DOWN AT OAK HILL | |||||
| 5:40 AM | 12 | [20] XFER FIRE | |||||
| 5:39 AM | 11 | [19] CORR — EB LANES CLEAR // 1125 ON WB SIDE ONLY | |||||
| 5:38 AM | 10 | [18] ADVING IS A PGE POLE | |||||
| 5:37 AM | 9 | [14] [Appended, 05:37:46] [5] DUP LOG: 0411 / WB 24 JEO OAK HILL and WB 24 ON CNTRL LAFAYETTE OFR | |||||
| 5:36 AM | 8 | [12] [Appended, 05:37:46] [3] POLE BLKG EB LANES | |||||
| 5:36 AM | 7 | [9] PER CCSO OFF DTY REPORTED DOWN POWER LINE: WB 24 ON CENTRAL LAFYATTE OFR | |||||
| 5:36 AM | 6 | [10] [Appended, 05:37:46] [1] CRANE KNOCKED DOWN A POWER POLE | |||||
| 5:36 AM | 5 | [8] RP ADVD ;;;;;;;;;;; WB 24 JEO OAK HILL RD ;;;;;;;;;;;; | |||||
| 5:35 AM | 4 | [7] SAG RP PRIOR TO XFR COCO FIRE | |||||
| 5:34 AM | 3 | [6] VEHS DRVG ACROSS UNK LANES | |||||
| 5:33 AM | 2 | [3] CRANE VS POWER LINE | |||||
| 5:33 AM | 1 | [2] XFR COCO FIRE | |||||
