Last Updated on January 15, 2023 by CCAR Staff
SAN BERNARDINO >> Two people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash that snarled traffic on the westbound 10 Freeway just east of Tippecanoe Avenue.
Two hours after the crash about 4:45 p.m., most of the lanes of the 10 Freeway were opened after the a crash that involved several vehicles and a large truck, authorities said.
A big rig ended up in the ditch off the 10 after colliding into several of the cars, according to the CHP.
• Photos: Accident on 10 Freeway in San Bernardino
For a time, traffic was backed up deep into Redlands, beyond Tennessee Street as fire and hazardous materials crews tended to the injured and worked to stop a small fuel leak from the big rig, which ended up on its right side in the ditch, said San Bernardino City Fire Batallion Chief Bob Evans.
About 30 gallons of fuel was leaked, Evans said.
• Video: CHP officer discusses 10 Freeway crash
Drivers were making U-turns in the center of the freeway, and driving onto onramps after traffic had come to a dead stop.
All lanes had been closed at around 5 p.m., but an hour later, three lanes had been opened, and by 6:40 p.m., traffic was moving at a slow clip through the Tippecanoe area.
Evans said two people — one including the driver of the big rig — were transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
The crash happened near the spot where back in July a Greyhound passenger bus left the freeway, just shy of the Waterman Avenue exit, according to California Highway Patrol Sgt. Grady Stevens. No one was seriously injured after the bus crossed into the right shoulder, hopped a small gravel curb, descended a seven-foot hill, crashed through a chain-link fence, dropped another two feet and stopped on the upslope of a dirt hill behind a shopping center.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
