An Oakland man was arrested on suspicion of DUI in one of three collisions, one of which was fatal, on Interstate Highway 880 in Hayward early Thursday morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
CHP Officer Kevin Bartlett identified the driver as Chad Raynor of Oakland. And the The Alameda County coroner's bureau identified the dead man as 44-year-old Juan Zamora of Menlo Park.
The accident was first reported at 2:26 a.m. on northbound Highway 880 near the West A Street off-ramp. Then, a minute later, a second accident was reported in the same area, Bartlett said. A Sig-alert was issued at 2:38 a.m. closing all northbound lanes. One lane was reopened about an hour later, CHP officials said.
A total of four cars were involved in both accidents, he said.
Then, a third collision, separate from the first two accidents, was reported around 5:10 a.m. on northbound Highway 880 near the Winton Avenue off-ramp, about a mile south of A Street, he said.
At least one person suffered minor injuries in that accident involving two cars, according to Bartlett.
A second Sig-alert was issued for the area, maintaining that only one right lane was open amidst the investigation of the three collisions, CHP officials said. Four of five northbound lanes remained closed until about 6:20 a.m., according to the CHP.
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