2 killed in 5-car crash on I-280 in Los Altos after driver crossed into oncoming traffic: CHP

LOS ALTOS, Calif. (KGO) -- Two drivers were killed and a third person was hospitalized following a wrong-way five-car crash on southbound Interstate 280 near Foothill Expressway in Los Altos on Thursday evening.

The crash happened shortly after 5 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. Authorities closed the highway for several hours as crews responded to the scene and investigated the collision. Southbound lanes reopened around 9:30 p.m.

Video from the aftermath showed overturned vehicles and tow trucks working at the scene.

CHP said a driver traveling in the northbound lanes crossed into the southbound lanes and struck four other vehicles, resulting in the five-car crash.

Two drivers died in the collision, and a third person was taken to a hospital.

Investigators have not said why the driver crossed into oncoming traffic. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.