Crime & Safety

1 Dead After Crash On I-280 In SMC

Southbound lanes of the freeway were blocked for several hours Saturday morning after a serious crash on Interstate 280.

SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA — All southbound lanes of Interstate 280 near Sneath Lane in San Mateo County reopened at 4:05 a.m. Saturday after several hours of closures following a fatal traffic collision.

Several southbound lanes were blocked by the wreck, and then by traffic controls set up by the California Highway Patrol following the collision at 1:08 a.m.

A black Honda Accord overturned in the right-hand shoulder of the Interstate, according to CHP.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene.

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The cause of the collision is under investigation.

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