The driver of a big-rig was killed Monday morning on westbound state Highway 4 in unincorporated Contra Costa County west of Martinez, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Officers were alerted at 5:24 a.m. to the crash east of Mc Ewen Road.
The big-rig was going west on the highway when it left the road and went up an embankment on the right side, CHP officials said.
It came down, traveled across the highway and hit the center median, according to the CHP. CHP officers and other first responders arrived, and the driver of the truck was taken to a hospital where he died, according to the CHP.
Officers are investigating the crash. Anyone who saw it or the events leading up to it is asked to call the CHP at (925) 646-4980.
Very sad
A working man just making a living at the start of the week. Maybe he nodded off, had a medical episode or a mechanical truck problem, who knows?
I’m guessing it was medical. I saw it on my way in to work this morning going the opposite way. The truck was in the center median with the trailer blocking part of the freeway. It didn’t look like it would have been a fatal accident.