Crime & Safety
Big Rig Crash Shuts Down SB 101
All lanes closed after big rig carrying wine hits concrete barrier
Updated 6:55pm
Two lanes on southbound Highway 101 have reopened following a crash involving a big rig Monday afternoon. However, one lane is still closed and is only expected to reopen at 8:45pm.
The crash occurred in Novato, under the Atherton Avenue overpass Monday around 2:30pm after a tractor-trailer hauling 40,000 pounds of bottled wine hit a concrete barrier when it was cut off by another vehicle, CHP Officer Patrick Roth said.
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The crash sheared off the tractor-trailer's fuel tank and a wheel, but did not cause a fuel spill, Roth said.
All motorists heading to destinations south of Petaluma are advised to take Lakeville Highway to state Highway 37 and then get back onto southbound Highway 101.
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The big-rig caught fire but it has been extinguished, van Eckhardt
said. A San Rafael towing company was called to the scene and there is no
estimated when the southbound lanes will reopen, van Eckhardt said.
-Bay City News
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