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Posted: 7:15 a.m. Thursday, July 5, 2012

Bridge crash and shooting triggers morning commute nightmare

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KTVU.com Staff
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SAN FRANCISCO —

An Oakland man on parole for human trafficking was in custody on suspicion of DUI and weapons charges following a high-speed crash and shooting on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge early Thursday morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said.

Antonio Roberson, 29, remains at a hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening following the 2 a.m. crash at the S-curve, east of Treasure Island, CHP Officer Michael Ferguson said.

A shooting followed the crash, but Ferguson said no other information about the incident is being released yet because of the ongoing investigation.

Roberson and a 26-year-old woman from Australia who was in the car were taken to a hospital with injuries from the crash. The woman had been released, Ferguson said.

Roberson was on parole for false imprisonment for the purpose of human trafficking, and was expected to be booked on the DUI and weapons charges once he is released from the hospital, according to Ferguson.

The investigation into the crash and shooting shut down lanes and snarled eastbound traffic on the bridge for most of the morning. All lanes were back open by 10 a.m., CHP Officer James Evans said.

The investigation by the CHP and San Francisco police forced four of the five lanes of the bridge to be closed, backing eastbound morning commute traffic up for miles on city streets and on Highway 101 heading toward Oakland.

“I have no choice, I have to get to work,” Jennifer Brantley told KTVU as she sat in her car waiting in the backup.

Bo Morra found himself with a similar fate as he sat in his car trying to get to his office in Oakland.

“I might be working from home, but I left my laptop at work,” he told KTVU. “I don’t know what I can do. I’m just going to have to wait it out.”

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