{"id":242363,"date":"2026-03-29T18:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/242363\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T18:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T18:19:09","slug":"jackknifed-big-rig-catches-fire-blocks-ramp-at-business-80-highway-50-in-sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/242363\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackknifed big-rig catches fire, blocks ramp at Business 80, Highway 50 in Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A portion of the interchange between Business 80 and Highway 50 in downtown Sacramento is closed due to a collision involving a big-rig, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the California Highway Patrol, the incident occurred shortly after 6 a.m. on the connector ramp from westbound Business 80 to westbound 50. The truck reportedly struck a vehicle before it jackknifed on the connector ramp and caught fire.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, a part of the big-rig was hanging over the railing. Officials said the big-rig was carrying about 50,000 pounds of packaged meat.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/business-80-highway-50-big-rig-032926.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"business-80-highway-50-big-rig-032926.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Map of where a big-rig jackknifed on a ramp between Business 80 and Highway 50 in Sacramento on March 29, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                CBS<\/p>\n<p>All people involved in the collision have been accounted for, according to the Highway Patrol. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities did not provide an estimate on when the ramp would be reopened. Drivers are urged to use alternate routes around the closure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A portion of the interchange between Business 80 and Highway 50 in downtown Sacramento is closed due to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1571,4829,121,123,122,108796],"class_list":{"0":"post-242363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-highway-50","9":"tag-highway-80","10":"tag-sacramento","11":"tag-sacramento-headlines","12":"tag-sacramento-news","13":"tag-tractor-trailer-crash"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}