CASTRO VALLEY, CA – JANUARY 29: A tow truck driver hundreds an deserted Chevrolet Tahoe that had a suspicious bundle inside, inflicting each instructions of Interstate 580 to be closed east of Eden Canyon Street in Castro Valley, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. The car, which was left unattended within the middle divide of the freeway, was investigated by the Alameda County Bomb Squad. Nothing suspicious was discovered, and the freeway was reopened. (Doug Duran/Bay Space Information Group)
Site visitors was flowing on Interstate 580 and BART trains had been working once more Saturday after two closures that started with a pickup truck crashing onto BART tracks within the morning and a subsequent bomb squad investigation of a suspicious system in a car at Eden Canyon Street within the afternoon.
The incidents created a nightmare for individuals touring between Castro Valley and Dublin — by automobile or public transit.
The busy visitors hall’s woes started within the morning, with a hit-and-run crash that occurred about 10:30 a.m. on westbound 580 close to the Eden Canyon off ramp in Castro Valley.
A truck concerned within the accident crashed via a series hyperlink fence and onto the BART tracks and shut down service between Castro Valley and Dublin/Pleasanton stations till about 1 p.m. Wheels supplied bus service between the stations throughout the closure. The crash additionally backed up visitors for about three hours westbound whereas work crews eliminated the truck and repaired the injury.
Then, shortly earlier than 3 p.m., an deserted automobile with a suspicious bundle inside precipitated each instructions of the freeway to be closed east of Eden Canyon Street. And BART service was stopped between Castro Valley and Dublin/Pleasanton as soon as once more whereas police investigated the car, which was left unattended within the middle divide of the freeway.
An Alameda County Bomb Squad arrived and located nothing suspicious contained in the Chevrolet Tahoe, mentioned public info officer Tyler Hahn. The freeway reopened in each instructions round 4:22 p.m.
BART service resumed at 4:14 p.m.