'No one was having fun in there. People were looking at each other, shrugging.' Frustrated drivers say they spent hours trying to get off the highway, as police shut it down to get to a man who was seen walking on the overpass on-ramp.
SKY7 video shows cars lined up on East Bay freeways after a man on the Hwy 24/I-680 overpass caused a severe traffic jam."I sat at a complete stop on the freeway. It was just bumper to bumper. I went on just Google Maps to see my ETA just shifting," she said."I figured there was some massive accident I was coming up on or something," Youkhaneh said.He says he was trying to drive from Berkeley to Pleasant Hill.
A drive that normally takes him around 35 to 40 minutes, but Wednesday around an hour and 45 minutes instead.Walnut Creek police say the man ultimately turned himself over to officers peacefully around 5:30 p.m. He's now receiving medical care. But even after the incident ended, some drivers tell ABC7 News the day's events were still being felt."They are still waiting for me to pick them up," he said."I plan ahead. I'm very conservative because you never know what can happen. So it was okay," said driver, Megginn Yuen.
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