A California Highway Patrol officer sustained multiple broken bones and other serious injuries Wednesday morning after his patrol pickup was struck by a tractor-trailer on Highway 59 near Snelling, in rural Merced County. This marks at least the second serious commercial vehicle incident on this stretch of Highway 59 in recent months, underscoring the ongoing […]
A two-vehicle crash left one driver injured and trapped in their vehicle at a busy Stockton intersection on Wednesday afternoon, prompting an emergency extrication and hospital transport. Emergency response teams faced a race against time when they arrived at the scene and found the Tesla driver pinned inside the wreckage. Extrication situations like this require […]
A pedestrian suffered major injuries in a road collision near the intersection of Tully Road and Lucretia Avenue on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 4, 2026. According to the San Jose Police Department, the collision happened at about 12:05 p.m. in the area of Tully Road and Lucretia Avenue. The San Jose Police Department said […]
A two-vehicle collision temporarily disrupted traffic in Kentfield on Wednesday morning after two cars crashed at the intersection of College Avenue and Stadium Way, drawing a response from firefighters, the California Highway Patrol, and local law enforcement. College Avenue and Stadium Way sit in the heart of Kentfield, a stretch of roadway that sees regular […]
A Campbell man is dead after a fiery, early-morning collision on southbound Highway 17, and a Los Gatos driver is now facing DUI charges in connection with the crash. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) responded to the scene near the East Hamilton Avenue offramp, where a rear-end collision left one vehicle engulfed in flames. The […]
A 67-year-old Vacaville woman died Monday night after exiting her vehicle on Pleasants Valley Road and being struck by an oncoming car, according to the California Highway Patrol. The California Highway Patrol logged the vehicle versus pedestrian collision at approximately 8:41 p.m. near Sunny Hills Lane, prompting an immediate emergency response from local fire crews. […]
A woman lost her life on Thursday, July 30, 2026, after a vehicle left the roadway at the intersection of Broadway Street and Mahogany Drive in Vallejo, striking multiple parked cars before fatally injuring her. The Vallejo Police Department is investigating what has become the city’s ninth fatal traffic collision of the year. Emergency crews […]
A 62-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a big rig in Stockton on Sunday afternoon, August 2, 2026. The tragedy has left family, friends, and the surrounding community grieving the sudden loss of a loved one, and it raises serious questions about roadway safety at one of the city’s busy intersections. The intersection […]
Traffic came to a standstill on the Bay Bridge Sunday morning after a crash in the westbound lanes left a vehicle overturned and blocked multiple lanes of travel, according to the California Highway Patrol. The incident added to what has already been a difficult stretch of westbound travel across the span this year, with drivers […]
A pedestrian was struck and killed in a hit-and-run collision in South San Jose early Sunday morning, marking the city’s 26th fatal traffic collision and 12th pedestrian death of 2026. San Jose Police Department officers responded to the intersection of Bernal Road and Via Del Oro at approximately 2:16 a.m. on August 2, 2026, following […]
