A pre-dawn collision involving a loose horse on a major Central Valley highway sent five people to the hospital and raised serious questions about roadway livestock liability in rural California. The crash occurred in Madera County, just south of Coarsegold, a region where open-range conditions and wildlife corridors make animal-vehicle collisions a persistent and underreported […]
A woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle in a crosswalk in downtown Lodi on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 6, 2026. Officers from the Lodi Police Department responded around 3:34 p.m. to the area near Church and Elm streets, where they found the injured woman at the scene. The […]
A pedestrian lost her life after being struck by a suspected DUI driver in a marked crosswalk in Guerneville, Sonoma County, on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 5, 2026. The victim has been identified by the Sonoma County Coroner’s Office as an 86-year-old from Lake Stevens, Washington. She had activated the crosswalk signal before stepping […]
A minor injury collision in Napa left at least one person with minor injuries early Thursday morning, May 7, 2026. The crash occurred on Big Ranch Road just north of Salvador Avenue and was initially reported as a major injury incident, but was downgraded after emergency responders assessed the scene. While the injuries in this […]
A serious three-vehicle traffic collision brought emergency responders to a stretch of Highway 70 in Vinton, Plumas County, on the morning of Thursday, May 7, 2026. The crash, involving a Ford F-150, a Ford Explorer, and a Dodge Dart, occurred near Ede Street east of Highway 49 at approximately 11:17 a.m., according to the California […]
A two-vehicle collision disrupted traffic on eastbound Interstate 580 near the Hacienda Drive off-ramp in Pleasanton on Tuesday afternoon, May 5, 2026, with reports of possible injuries at the scene. The crash, which involved a gray Tesla SUV and a red Toyota SUV, forced the closure of the No. 1 lane during the busy afternoon […]
A serious multi-vehicle crash brought danger and disruption to a busy stretch of western Sonoma County late Tuesday night. Four vehicles were involved in a crash on westbound Highway 12 just east of Fulton Road in Santa Rosa, reported at approximately 11:18 p.m. on May 5, 2025. The collision caused significant damage and raised immediate […]
The two-vehicle collision on Interstate 680 in Vine Hill blocked multiple lanes during the peak commute hour and sent at least one person to a hospital. The crash unfolded at a particularly vulnerable time for Bay Area commuters, when southbound I-680 carries some of its heaviest daily traffic volumes through the Vine Hill corridor. With […]
A roadside mechanic lost his life on the morning of Tuesday, May 6, 2026, when a fatigued big rig driver drifted off the road on northbound Interstate 5 near Acampo and slammed into a disabled semi-truck the mechanic was working beneath. The fatal crash serves as a grim reminder of the dangers that commercial vehicle […]
A Sunday afternoon crash near one of Folsom’s busiest freeway interchanges left three people injured, one of them a young child, after a two-car collision triggered both a vehicle fire and a grass fire along the Highway 50 corridor. The incident serves as a sobering reminder of how quickly a medical emergency behind the wheel […]
