A fatal vehicle collision is still blocking all but one eastbound lane on Interstate Highway 580 in Livermore late Wednesday afternoon, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.
CHP Officer Steve Creel said officers responded to reports of a multiple-vehicle collision on I-580 just east of Vasco Road at 3:07 p.m.
Creel said it appears that a pickup truck rear-ended a Jeep Cherokee, which overturned and caught on fire. A Honda Civic and another pickup truck were also involved in the crash, Creel said.
Passersby pulled up to the scene and extinguished the fire, Creel said.
"It appears the fatality was not fire-related but possibly due to other causes," Creel said, adding it was too early in the investigation to determine the cause of the collision.
One person from the Honda Civic and another from a pickup truck were transported to Sutter Tracy Community Hospital with minor injuries or as a precautionary measure, Creel said.
A Sig-alert was issued for all eastbound lanes on I-580 between North Livermore Avenue and Greenville Road. The far left lane had reopened as of shortly before 4:30 a.m. but the CHP is advising anyone trying to travel east through Livermore on I-580 to seek alternate routes.
