According to news reports, a 29-year-old Shandon man sustained fatal injuries in a single-vehicle accident Monday morning on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo County. Statements from both the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office indicate that the man was traveling in the northbound traffic lanes of Highway 101 when, for unknown reasons, he lost control of his vehicle just south of Old State Coach Road at approximately 8:15am. After losing control of the vehicle, (read more)
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08
Nov
2011
Highway 101 Crash Kills 1
In multiple press releases, the California Highway Patrol has been warning drivers about motorcycle safety due to a series of bad accidents in the San Luis Obispo area. According to CHP records, there have been two serious-injury motorcycle accidents and two fatal motorcycle accidents in the past 3 weeks in the area. Officials claim that the nice weather of this time of year mean more motorcyclists on the road, so they want everyone to be aware of safety. Their main (read more)
Read MoreA Chico man is in jail on two charges of second-degree murder following a single-vehicle crash in Avila Beach that killed two people. According the California Highway Patrol, the 21-year-old man was driving a 2004 Saturn Vue in the wee hours of Friday morning when the vehicle crashed near a golf course at about 12:10 a.m. Two passengers, a 21-year-old Eureka man and a 21-year-old Castro Valley man were killed in the rollover accident. A third passenger, another 21-year-old man (read more)
Read MoreAuthorities say that alcohol was a factor in a Tuesday night accident that caused a car filled with teenagers to crash into a San Luis Obispo creek bed, report news sources. According to the San Luis Obispo Police Department, at around 7 p.m, a car being driven by a 16-year-old boy was traveling at the corner of California and Marsh Streets when, for unreported reasons, the car flew 25 feet before landing upside down in the creek bed. After the (read more)
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17
Mar
2011
Suspect Rolls Car in Pismo Beach Chase
A chase started early this morning in Pismo Beach, when a police officer tried stopping a 1999 Acura Integra driver close to the intersection of Highway 101 and Spyglass.
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