Overnight Storm Brings Flooding, Accidents To Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Overnight rains led to limited flooding on highways in San Francisco and San Jose Saturday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Around 2:30 a.m. large puddles up to six feet deep were reported at multiple locations along U.S. Highway 101 and Interstate Highway 280 in the San Francisco, according to Officer William Ogilvie.
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Puddles several feet deep were reported on northbound Highway 101 in the vicinity of Ninth Street and the Duboce Avenue off-ramp. Flooding was also reported on southbound Highway 280 in the vicinity of Mariposa Street, Ogilvie said.
At 7:49 a.m. a 4-inch puddle blocking most lanes of traffic was reported at the interchange between northbound Highway 280 and northbound state Highway 87 in San Jose, according to Ogilvie.
In Marin County, a black Honda smashed into a utility pole on Dillon Beach Road. It brought down cable and phone lines. The driver abandoned his car at the scene.
In Walnut Creek, a female driver was trapped for hours inside her vehicle after she skidded on rain-slick streets and crashed into an auto repair shop.
Contra Costa fire crews had to use the jaws of life to saw off the top of her red Volkswagen to pull her out. She was taken to a hospital.
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