News sources report, two people suffered major injuries Wednesday in a single-vehicle accident near Montague. According to the California Highway Patrol, a 28-year-old Yreka woman was driving northbound at about 4:40 p.m. when her 1970 Ford F-250 drifted off the right side of the road. Police say, she steered sharply to the left and lost control of the truck. The vehicle eventually hit a juniper tree. The driver was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash and (read more)
Read MoreNews sources report that a single-vehicle crash sparked a brush fire near Oakdale Wednesday. According to reports, the vehicle crashed into a power pole on Highway 4 and caught fire. The accident sparked a brush fire. Crews from the Oakdale City Fire Department and the Oakdale Rural Fire Protection District as well as a state unit responded to the call around 1 a.m., said an OCFD official. Fire crews were at the scene for about an hour and a half, (read more)
Read MoreA big rig driver died Tuesday after the semi he was driving crashed and burst into flame near Fresno, report media sources. The fatal crash blocked eastbound lanes of Highway 152. According to California Highway Patrol officials, the truck was traveling in the far right lane when for unknown reasons the big rig drifted on to the shoulder of the Pacheco Pass, traveling up an embankment. The truck began to overturn and moved back on to the freeway. The accident, (read more)
Read MoreNews sources report that a big rig crashed Wednesday in Castaic, spilling oranges across the roadway. According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash, which occurred on southbound Interstate 5, was reported to authorities by a driver at about 1:50 a.m. The big rig transporting the citrus fruit hit the center divider and toppled on to its side. The accident caused thousands of oranges to tumble out across all lanes of the Golden State Freeway. The big rig driver was (read more)
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2011
Two Injured in Fiery Big Rig Crash in Stockton
Two people received minor injuries after a big-rig overturned and burst into flame Tuesday morning in Stockton report news sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident occurred around 8:10 a.m. on northbound Interstate 5 when the driver of the big rig reached down to the floor to grab something. The moving truck, which was hauling a family’s belongs, deviated from its path. The truck’s trailer split in half when it hit a traffic pole. Clothing, furniture and other (read more)
Read MoreNew sources report, a woman suffered serious injuries Sunday after a single-vehicle accident in the Feather River Canyon near Near Rich Bar. According to the California Highway Patrol, around 2:30 p.m., the 61-year-old Quincy woman was traveling eastbound on Highway 70 when her Ford F-350 went off the road. After hitting a mound of dirt, the truck became airborne then struck a rock cliff. The vehicle became lodged on the cliff, resting precariously several feet down the embankment south of (read more)
Read MoreOne man was killed and two more seriously in a single-vehicle accident near Cottonwood on Friday, say media sources. According to the California Highway Patrol, a 37-year-old man from Gold Beach, OR, was driving a driving a 1996 Ford F150 around midnight Friday. The deviated from its path, went off the road, crashed through a fence and smashed into a tree. Two other men were riding in the pickup: a 19-year-old Cottonwood man and a 22-year-old Fullerton man. The Fullerton (read more)
Read MoreA man died Friday in a single-vehicle rollover crash in Monterey County, state news reports. According to the California Highway Patrol, the 53-year-old Arroyo Grande man was driving southbound when he turned his vehicle hard to the right. The 1995 Toyota minivan exited the roadway, crashed through a fence and tumbled down an embankment, coming to rest in a dry creek bed. The driver was ejected from the minivan during the accident. A witness reported the crash around 7:45 a.m. (read more)
Read MoreTwo men were injured Saturday when the big rig they were riding in overturned outside of Redding near Ingot, according to news reports. According to California Highway Patrol reports, the truck was traveling on Highway 299 when the 68-year-old driver felt the truck slip and was unable to maintain control of the vehicle, causing the cab of the big rig to overturn and come to rest on its passenger side. The driver was taken by ambulance to an area hospital (read more)
Read MoreA Copemisch, MI, man was killed in a single-vehicle accident in the City of Tehachapi on Saturday, report news sources. The man was traveling westbound in a Ford F-250 pickup when, according to coroner’s reports, he lost control of the vehicle, which overturned. The truck deviated from the lane in which it was traveling, crossing into eastbound lanes on to an embankment. The pickup then rolled over, coming to rest on the driver side in an eastbound lane, pinning the (read more)
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