Police are on the lookout for the person responsible for a deadly hit-and-run on an Oakland freeway. CHP said two cars were racing when one of them hit a big rig, which then hit the center divider, rolled over and caught fire. The driver of the big rig died.
The CHP is investigating a fiery and deadly crash that happened on an Oakland freeway early Saturday morning.
The incident occurred at around 1 a.m. on southbound Interstate 880 near the Broadway off-ramp.
The CHP said two cars were racing down the highway, when one of them hit a big rig. While the other car drove off.
CHP officials said the big rig hit the center divider, rolled over, and caught fire. The truck driver died at the scene.
According to CHP, the person driving the car that hit the truck got picked up by another car and took off. Officers are trying to track down that driver.
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