MOTORCYCLIST HITS CAR, DIES: A motorcyclist was killed just after 2 p.m. Saturday after a collision with another vehicle on westbound Interstate Highway 80, east of Ashby Avenue in Berkeley, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Victor Burnett Jr., 35, of San Pablo was killed in the crash, according to the Alameda County Coroner’s Office.
The accident caused the CHP to issue a Sig-Alert and close two lanes heading east and two lanes heading west.
Eastbound lanes were reopened at 3 p.m., the two westbound lanes reopened at 4:30 p.m.
Highway Patrol officers were unsure whether anyone else was injured.
The accident caused heavy delays in both directions of I-80.
— Elisabeth Nardi
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