A woman died Friday night, September 18, 2026, after she was struck by a vehicle while walking in the northbound lanes of Interstate 880 near 29th Avenue in Oakland, California. The collision occurred around 8:15 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. The vehicle involved in the crash remained at the scene, and the driver stayed to cooperate with investigators. CHP shut down the two right northbound lanes of the freeway for roughly ninety minutes while officers documented the scene, backing up traffic during the evening commute.
According to Hoodline, CHP Sergeant Andrew Barclay said the woman was walking in the freeway’s active traffic lanes when she was struck. Barclay said investigators had not yet determined what led her to enter the roadway on foot, and her identity had not been released as of the outlet’s initial report. The outlet noted the crash adds to a string of pedestrian fatalities recorded on I-880 in recent years, part of a broader rise in pedestrian deaths nationwide. California Highway Patrol’s own fatal-collision log confirms the crash occurred on I-880 near the 29th Avenue off-ramp at 8:14 p.m. that evening.
