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 taking pictures at the S-curve of the decrease span of the bridge happened within the early morning hours Thursday. In a while after A HUNDRED THIRTY: a.m. the CHP were given stories 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 answered to the crash discovered the car -- a black four-door sedan, its entrance finish badly overwhelmed in -- seeking to depart the scene, Ferguson mentioned. At that time there has been an trade of gunfire, he added, however he stated he couldn't supply any information about the way it happened, as a result of ongoing investigation.

Nobody was stated injured by gunfire, however the people present in the auto have been taken to a close-by medical institution for accidents associated with the wreck, Ferguson said.

It was now not in an instant transparent whether or not they have been below arrest.

As of approximately 9:30 a.m., no weapon were recovered, Ferguson said, "however we're nonetheless available in the market having a look". He stated it wasn't transparent whether or not the taking pictures might need took place 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 capturing side-by-side, Ferguson mentioned. Proof at the scene

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

It were towed away and the entire eastbound lanes reopened by approximately 10 a.m., in line with CHP.

Traffic was badly tangled up by the investigation, as visitors was decreased to a unmarried lane firstly 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.