Disasters · I-80 ReopensHirschdale semi traffic: Eastbound I-80 reopens after two-and-a-half-hour closureWritten November 1, 2026 at 5:01 AM UTCWatchTranscript0:07A jacknafe semi-blocked Interstate80 and forced eastbound drivers to turn around.0:11The eastbound highway reopened around four forty five Saturday afternoon, after0:15roughly two and a half hours of closure.0:17Drivers could use the route again, but whether anyone was injured in the crash is0:20still unclear.0:21The truck blocked the highway near Farad, while approaching eastbound traffic was0:25turned around at Hirshdale.0:26Those were separate points in the same shutdown.0:28Caltrans placed the closure seven point four miles east of Truckee.0:32Eastbound drivers reaching the turnaround had to head back while the blockage0:35remained.0:36CHP Truckee initially had no estimate for reopening.0:39That was the situation during the closure.0:41The highway subsequently reopened that afternoon.0:43Caltrans recorded the closure starting at two twelve.0:46The highway reopened around four forty five.0:49That puts the shutdown at roughly two and a half hours on October thirty-first, with0:53the eastbound route available again by late afternoon.0:55The reopening replaced the earlier closure warning.0:58A separate account continued to describe the highway as closed, but there was no1:02indication that it had closed again after reopening.1:04The highway's afternoon shutdown has a recorded start time.1:07The truck's exact crash time is less clear.1:09Conflicting timing places it before two or in the morning, so the closure time1:13shouldn't be treated as the moment of impact.1:15CHP Truckee described a single big rig in the crash.1:19The truck jacknafed across the eastbound roadway near Farad.1:22Nobody has explained what caused it to jackknife.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
