Two Semi Crash Last Night

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One of the Semis following the crash. [All photos courtesy of Gasquet Fire which does an amazing job handling multiple accidents per week.]

 Press release from the California Highway Patrol:

CHP TC reportOn January, 9, 2019 at approximately 2115 hours, Michael Petel was traveling in [a 1996 Kenworth] southbound on US-199 north of Hardscrabble Creek Bridge. [Ben Field] was traveling in [a 2012 Peterbilt] northbound on US-199 north of Hardscrabble Creek Bridge. For reasons still under investigation, [Petel] allowed [his vehicle] to travel over the double yellow lines and into the northbound lane where the front …collided with the left rear side of [the Peterbilt]’s trailer/axle. After the initial impact, [the Kenworth] traveled in a south-westerly direction where the front of…collided with the dirt/rock ascending embankment. As a result of the crash, [both trucks] began to leak oil and Diesel onto the roadway spreading onto the dirt/rock shoulder. [Petel] suffered minor injuries as a result of this crash and was transported by Del Norte Ambulance to Sutter Coast Hospital. [Field] also suffered minor injuries as a result of this crash, but was not transported.

Gasquet Fire and Cal-trans assisted with scene. California Auto Image towed V-1 and V-2. Controlled traffic was utilized on scene with minimal delays to traffic on US-199.

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Willie Caso-Mayhem
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5 years ago

Damn.

TQM
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TQM
5 years ago

Ouch – driver incompetence.

'Merican Woman
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'Merican Woman
5 years ago

Do two “semi” crashes add up to one complete crash?

Mobius Dancer
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Mobius Dancer
5 years ago
Reply to  'Merican Woman

I was wondering that myself…