A crash on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge on Tuesday afternoon killed one person and temporarily halted all westbound traffic, authorities said.
The crash happened east of the midspan shortly before 3 p.m. and blocked all three westbound lanes in the non-commute direction.
The California Highway Patrol said a silver sedan was stalled in one of the traffic lanes when a white van rear-ended the sedan. The driver of the sedan was pronounced dead at the scene, while a passenger in the van, which had branding from Rooter Hero plumbing, was taken to a hospital, the CHP said…