Car Fire on Laurel/Bypass

If you smell something burning right now, it's a car fire. Fire Department is on scene.

Hwy 4 Drunk or Just Stupid?

Around 10:30 tonight there was a vehicle traveling East bound on Hwy 4 going about 5 mph in the fast lane. A white truck was behind him with his Hazard lights on because cars were screeching to a stop behind him as they were jumping from the fast lane to the slow lane to pass around him. It looked like he was trying to move his way off the freeway to the right but he would keep swerving back to the fast lane. Eventually after a few miles of this he turned his vehicle to the left and stopped halfway on the freeway and halfway on the service lane. The white truck behind him passed as did all the other backed up cars. He got back on the freeway, pulled over to the slow lane and sped down the freeway at speeds around 100 mph yelling out his window at people as he passed them until he passed the white truck that was following him before with the hazard lights on. He jumped in front of the truck slowed down for a second then sped off again. He continued down the bypass and got off at Sand Creek and continued to Brentwood Blvd where he went South Bound.

You can't miss him he's driving a Blue Dodge with a Lic plate of 6EWD874 with a Huge number 3 in the back window.

CHP Officer Hit during Traffic Stop in Oakley

If you were wondering why there was so much traffic going down Empire and Laurel this would be the reason. The traffic was being directed off the freeway due to the accident below.

OAKLEY — A California Highway Patrol officer escaped serious injury when an out-of-control car struck his motorcycle, which struck him, as he was walking on a highway off-ramp Friday afternoon.

The crash occurred about 5:30 p.m. on an eastbound Highway 4 bypass road off-ramp onto Laurel Road, CHP Officer Tom Maguire said.

The officer, a nine-year veteran stationed in Martinez, had just completed an enforcement stop and was walking back to his motorcycle, which was stopped on the shoulder of the off-ramp. At the same time, a 2001 Chevrolet Prizm, driven by a 52-year-old Stockton woman, was exiting the bypass road.

For an unknown reason, the woman lost control of her car, which began to rotate clockwise. The driver's side of the car broad-sided the motorcycle, which was thrown 75 feet and into the officer, Maguire said. The Prizm crashed into a dirt embankment, and the driver suffered just cuts to her face.

Witnesses say that saw th women talking on a cellphone while driving.

The officers suffered a possible broken arm. Both were taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek.

Failed suicide attempt closes highway in Oakley

Thanks to the CC times for the information.

Safety Hazzard on the Freeway?

How would you like to be behind this top heavy vehicle wobbling down Hwy 4?

Hwy 4 Accident results in Oakley Resident Death

ANTIOCH — A man was killed Saturday morning when his car hit the center divide while traveling east on Highway 4, CHP officer Marc Johnston said.

Colin Stoops, 20, of Oakley, was pronounced dead at the scene due to injuries sustained in the solo-vehicle accident. Police were called to the scene at 3:15 a.m. west of the 18th Street interchange in Antioch.

Police found the overturned car in a ditch off the highway. Police said the car hit the center divide, scattering debris across all the lanes. Several other cars were disabled due to the debris in the roadway, but no other injuries were reported.

Hwy 4 accident just occurred

Hwy 4 accident just occurred on the east bound side prior to Lone tree exit. A vehicle went off the road right before the underpass and got his car stuck behind the guard rail. CHP is on scene.

Update: CHP is currently looking for anyone that saw the accident.
If you have any information please contact Office Lowder. 925 646-4980
Remember that the smallest of details sometimes aids the case.

2 Separate Accidents on Hwy 4 just occurred

There is two accidents currently being cleaned up on Hwy 4 between Hillcrest and Laurel. In one accident the vehicle struck the center medium. In the other accident the vehicle struck another vehicle. No injuries have been reported yet. CHP is on scene.

Hwy 4 Bypass Laurel Rd Exit Accidents

Since the open of they Hyw 4 bypass and the Laurel Exit coming from Brentwood I have personally seen several accidents already. The cars exiting have a no turn on Red sign which is located across the intersection. Vehicle that aren't stopping are exiting so quickly that they are entering the second and third lanes which are the ones dedicated for through traffic coming off the freeway from the other direction. The cars that are already on laurel traveling East bound only get to choose from the middle lane and the far left lane. However these accidents are still occurring from the recklessness of drivers being to impatient to come to a complete stop at the light and see that they have a no turn on Red sign. Now if any of you have taken this exit you will also notice one more obstacle. There is a fence on the overpass. When looking to your left to see if cars have stopped like they should when you do get the Green Light it is very difficult to see because of this chain fence which at an angle appears to be almost solid. Traffic safety control please do us a favor and make a dedicated lane for exiting onto Laurel coming from Brentwood with a protected barrier. This shouldn't be too difficult since East bound traffic doesn't have the choice to choose the right hand lane until after they pass through the intersection.

Oakley to S.F.

Today the Mayor of Broakley had to drive to S.F. I left Oakley at 6:30 A.M.
I didn't arrive in S.F. until 10:00 A.M. It took me 3.5 hours to drive 54 miles.
What is going on with our local freeways. Just to get to concord it was about an hour
this morning. Hwy 4 like most mornings was backed up to Hillcrest. Hwy 242 was
moving at a snails pace. Hwy 24 finally picked up a little, but after coming out of the tunnels
and merging onto Hwy 80 before the Toll booths it went back to 5 mph. Something needs to
be done about our freeways. Personally the Mayor of Broakley feels they need to finish widening Hwy 4 first to alleviate the congestion out here.

What are your thoughts?