OAKLAND — A man standing outside his truck Monday morning on Interstate 580 after a collision with a car was killed when the truck was hit by another vehicle causing it to strike him and knock him into the opposite lanes of traffic, the California Highway Patrol said.
The man’s name has not been released yet.
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The fatality happened about 4:10 a.m. in the westbound lanes of I-580 near Lakeshore Avenue.
The CHP said there was a collision a few minutes earlier involving a Chevrolet pickup truck and a Toyota Camry. The Camry pulled to the right shoulder of the roadway and the truck came to rest sideways between the number one and two lanes.
The truck driver got out of the vehicle and walked to the passenger side, the CHP said. That was when a Hyundai sedan hit the truck, which was blocking the lanes, the CHP said..
The impact knocked the truck into its driver causing him to be thrown from the westbound lanes to the eastbound lanes where he was later pronounced dead from his injuries, the CHP said.
All lanes in both directions were temporarily blocked and a Sig Alert was issued while the body was removed and the CHP conducted its investigation. Two lanes in each direction were re-opened at 5 a.m. and the rest at 5:47 a.m. No other injuries were reported.
The CHP said it has not yet been determined if drugs or alcohol were a factor in what happened.
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