A six-vehicle collision shut down traffic in the westbound lanes of the San Diego-Coronado Bridge during the evening commute Tuesday and one person was taken to the hospital for treatment, a fire official said.

Five vehicles and one motorcycle were involved in the collision, which was reported around 5:50 p.m. in the lanes heading into Coronado, Coronado Fire Department Batallion Chief Jayson Summers said.

A couple of the vehicles ended up sideways and blocked two lanes of the bridge.

He said the bridge’s moveable barrier system known as the zipper, which reconfigures lanes depending on the flow of traffic, was hit in the collision. He said it was not known if the equipment suffered any permanent damage.


By 7:15 p.m., all the vehicles were removed from the bridge and all lanes had reopened to traffic, according to the California Highway Patrol website.


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