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Flash: Head-On Crash Blocks 3 Lanes of Highway 80 in Berkeley

Monday May 17, 2010 - 04:03:00 PM

Three lanes of eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in Berkeley are blocked this afternoon by a head-on crash, according to the California Highway Patrol.  

The accident, which involved a Ford Thunderbird and a street sweeper, was reported just before 3 p.m. on Highway 80 just east of Ashby Avenue, CHP Officer Scott Cakebread said.  

As of 3:15 p.m., lanes No. 1, 2 and 5 were blocked, Cakebread said.  

He did not know if anyone was injured.