Strong winds are bringing down trees, making things downright dangerous for drivers in some cases. Today in the Bay’s Bob Redell reports from Pinol where a downed tree ended up being a close call for one truck driver.
Winds gusting at high speeds knocked down several trees in the Bay Area early Thursday morning including a 2,000-pound Eucalyptus that fell along eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in Pinole causing a driver of a rig carrying a truckload of wastewater to crash into it.
California Highway Patrol Officer Steven Fajardin said the driver struck the tree about 3 a.m. and was OK after the collision.
The accident caused a Sig-Alert, blocking three lanes of traffic until about 6 a.m.
Other trees fell along Trimble Road in San Jose, in Petaluma and Sonoma.
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NBC Bay Area's Kris Sanchez and Stephanie Chuang contributed to this report.
