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A big-rig driver who lost control when he drifted and crashed into the Interstate Highway 680 center divide in Pleasanton late Friday morning has shut down all southbound lanes and one northbound lane of the highway for hours, a California Highway Patrol officer said.

The 50-year-old driver was heading northbound on Highway 680 when he drifted toward the shoulder, over-corrected and crashed into the center divide near the Stoneridge Drive off-ramp, CHP Officer Shawna Pacheco said. When the truck hit the center divide, part of it crossed the divider and the vehicle landed on its right side, blocking all southbound lanes, Pacheco said.

The driver was pulled out from the truck cab and taken to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley for a complaint of pain, Pacheco said.

The big-rig that flipped onto its side in an apparently solo-vehicle accident was reported at 11:50 a.m. near the Stoneridge Drive off-ramp, CHP Officer James Evans said.

A Sig-alert was issued at 12:07 p.m. for the southbound lane closures and the one northbound lane affected. Southbound traffic is getting by on the shoulder but motorists in the area are advised to expect delays, Pacheco said.

Crews at 2:25 p.m. were also working to clean up about 40 gallons of spilled diesel fuel from the crash, Pacheco said.

Earlier, the overturned bigrig on southbound I-680 was blocking all southbound lanes and one lane on the other side of the highway, a California Highway Patrol officer said.

--Glenn Wohltmann contributed to this report.

— Bay City News Service

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