Injury Accidents Slow Traffic on I-80

An injury accident involving a motorcycle on Interstate Highway 80 eastbound near Carlson Boulevard was reported at 6:23 p.m. today, Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The CHP report said the right shoulder of the freeway was still blocked shortly before 7 p.m., slowing traffic.

Earlier, three lanes of westbound I-80 in San Pablo closed this afternoon, Thursday, because of a crash, a CHP officer said.

The accident was reported at about 3:55 p.m. on westbound Highway 80, just west of the El Portal Drive off-ramp, Officer Ron Simmons said.

Details of the crash are not yet clear, but Simmons said three people suffered major injuries. A Sig-alert was issued at 3:59 p.m., when the CHP blocked all four lanes of westbound Highway 80, Simmons said.

Medical crews were working to transport the three injured people to hospitals, he said.

Bay City News Service contributed to this report.