--- title: Toll Booth Attendant Killed in Truck Crash description: A toll booth attendant was killed Saturday when a truck crashed through the barrier and into the toll both in Oakland, Ca. canonical: https://time.com/5046618/toll-booth-crash-oakland-california/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-02T21:10:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:25:51.410Z article:section: U.S. og:title: 'I've Never Seen This.' Toll Booth Crash Leaves One Dead og:description: Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash og:url: https://time.com/5046618/toll-booth-crash-oakland-california/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'I've Never Seen This.' Toll Booth Crash Leaves One Dead twitter:description: Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 'I've Never Seen This.' Toll Booth Attendant Killed as Truck Crashes Through Barrier by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Dec 2, 2017 9:10 PM CUT by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Dec 2, 2017 9:10 PM CUT A [toll booth](http://www.thedrive.com/sheetmetal/12357/renault-testing-autonomous-cars-and-toll-booths "undefined") attendant was killed Saturday when a truck plowed through the barrier and into the toll both in[ Oakland, Calif.](http://time.com/4666468/oakland-warehouse-fire-illegal-housing/ "undefined") The truck hit five other vehicles before hitting the barrier and toll booth, and the driver and a passenger were ejected and badly injured, [according to _San Francisco Gate._ ](http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Two-dead-and-traffic-disrupted-in-crash-at-Bay-12400452.php#photo-9605826 "undefined") “I’ve never seen this. I’ve seen them damage the booth before. Never to this extent,” California Highway Patrol Officer Vu Williams told _SF Gate._ Authorities do not believe the crash on the [Bay Bridge toll plaza](http://time.com/money/4421521/cash-less-toll-rental-car-nightmare/ "undefined") was intentional, though they are still investigating the cause. “We’re investigating exactly why the driver lost control and struck the toll plaza, so we’ve got to determine all the factors involved, including impairments, medical issues or mechanical issues,” Williams told _SF Gate_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5046618/toll-booth-crash-oakland-california/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5046618/toll-booth-crash-oakland-california/"},"headline":"'I've Never Seen This.' Toll Booth Attendant Killed as Truck Crashes Through Barrier","datePublished":"2017-12-02T21:10:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:25:51.410Z","description":"Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash","url":"https://time.com/5046618/toll-booth-crash-oakland-california/","keywords":["California","onetime","onetimecrime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/california/","name":"California"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5046618/toll-booth-crash-oakland-california/","name":"'I've Never Seen This.' Toll Booth Attendant Killed as Truck Crashes Through Barrier"}}]}] ```