Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Connector Ramp Reopened at Southbound 280 and Hwy. 101
The ramp was closed for hours after a cement truck overturned early Tuesday morning.
UPDATE at 9:30 a.m.: Officials say the cement truck still has not been uprighted and the connector ramp is still closed.
UPDATE at 8:50 a.m.: A Sig-alert has been issued for the area, and as of 8:05 a.m. there was still no estimate for when the crash would be cleared.
A crash involving a cement truck Tuesday morning has shut down a southbound interstate Highway 280 connector ramp to northbound U.S. Highway 101 in San Jose, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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The solo crash that sent a cement truck on its side was reported on southbound Highway 280 at the northbound Highway 101 connector just after 6:20 a.m., the CHP is reporting.
The driver suffered only minor injuries, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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The CHP issued a Sig-Alert and closed the connector around 6:40 a.m.
Drivers are advised to use alternate routes.
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