All eastbound lanes at the Bay Bridge had been reopened approximately 10 a.m., greater than eight hours after an officer-involved taking pictures and crash ended in a near-shutdown of the bridge, in step with the California Freeway Patrol.

The capturing at the S-curve of the decrease span of the bridge happened within the early morning hours Thursday. In a while after ONE HUNDRED THIRTY: a.m. the CHP were given experiences of a unmarried car crash at the eastbound lanes of the bridge, simply east of the Treasure Island tunnel, CHP Officer Michael Ferguson said.

At least one officer spoke back to the crash discovered the car -- a black four-door sedan, its entrance finish badly overwhelmed in -- looking to depart the scene, Ferguson mentioned. At that time there has been an alternate of gunfire, he added, however he mentioned he couldn't provide any information about the way it happened, as a result of ongoing investigation.

Nobody was said injured by gunfire, however the people present in the automobile have been taken to a close-by health facility for accidents associated with the wreck, Ferguson said.

It was no longer in an instant transparent whether or not they had been underneath arrest.

As of approximately 9:30 a.m., no weapon have been recovered, Ferguson said, "however we're nonetheless in the market having a look". He mentioned it wasn't transparent whether or not the capturing may need came about shut sufficient to the water that a gun might have been thrown into the San Francisco Bay.

San Francisco police and CHP detectives are investigating the taking pictures side-by-side, Ferguson stated. Proof at the scene

was marked and taped off for approximately TWO HUNDRED to THREE HUNDRED yards, with a few dozen cops milling across the. overwhelmed sedan remained on the scene, askew within the center lanes.

It were towed away and all of the eastbound lanes reopened by approximately 10 a.m., in step with CHP.

Traffic was badly tousled by the investigation, as visitors was diminished to a unmarried lane initially of the S-curve, forcing a few commuters to attend hours or extra to get around the span.

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Bay Town Information Carrier contributed to this story.