One man was killed and another seriously injured in a deadly two-vehicle crash early today on State Route 92 near the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge, authorities said. The collision shut down eastbound lanes for hours while fire crews and California Highway Patrol officers worked the scene. Both drivers were adult men, and the vehicles involved were a Cadillac and an Acura. Investigators are still trying to determine what led up to the wreck.
Police and California Highway Patrol units arrived around 1:10 a.m., according to KRON4. That report notes that the Cadillac driver later died of his injuries, while the Acura driver was taken to a hospital with major injuries. The crash blocked two eastbound lanes and snarled pre-dawn traffic until crews cleared the scene around 6 a.m., KRON4 reports.
CHP Logs and Message Signs
CHP incident logs published by CommuteDash show a “Fatality SR-92 East at SUB 5” dispatch at about 1:09 a.m., noting a dark sedan overturned on its roof and a white Acura with heavy front-end damage. The same feed captured Caltrans message-board alerts reporting “ALL LANES BLKD” on eastbound SR-92 near Foster City and Hillsdale in the hours after the crash.
Bridge Safety and Past Crashes
The San Mateo–Hayward Bridge has been the site of other serious collisions this year, including a January crash that closed westbound lanes and killed one person, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. State and local road crews periodically close sections of SR-92 for construction and emergency repairs, which can compound the impact of overnight collisions on early-morning commutes…