Collision on Hwy 101 Near Willits This Morning
As per the California Highway Patrol traffic incident information page, initial reports at 9:47 AM indicated a vehicle was 75 feet down a cliff side and another vehicle was overturned.
First responders shut down a northbound lane North of the Cal Fire Howard Forest Station as they responded to the incident.
A witness told us a total of three vehicles were involved, the CHP SUV, the pickup along the side of Highway 101, and the vehicle at the bottom of the cliff which they were unable to see when they drove by the accident. They told us the accident was “very strange” with the pickup on the southbound side of the highway, the car down the cliff on the northbound side of the 101, and the CHP vehicle was on the southbound side.
We will be following up with the California Highway Patrol on Monday when their offices reopen to get the details of this accident.
UPDATE: Pickup Runs Into Rear of CHP Vehicle in Sunday Morning Crash
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Could it be those Duke boys again?
Hope everyone is ok.
Looks like the H P got rear ended the back is pretty smashed in
Hope the officer’s going to be OK It looks like he was We are ended Looks like the vehicle that headed must have been going pretty fast
He’ll be fine, someone’s gonna write him a nice check for his whiplash
I hope all the people involved in that accident will be fine. I wonder if the CHP SUV was stopped behind the pickup and got slammed in the rear. I sure hope the officer is fine. Maybe it is him looking in the patrol vehicle.
My experience says a lot of people drive way over the speed limit at Ridgewood Summit.
Hey! You can’t park there…
Lmao! I know what’s wrong! Ain’t got no gas in it!
😂😂😂😂
I drove by this today
That’s one way to defund the police.
Must of been the cops buddy 😂😂😂 cop looking for a new patrol car 😂😂😂
The Highway Patrolman must have been backing up at a high rate of speed when he backed into something. I didn`t know those SUVs would go so fast in reverse.
That aint gonna buff out.
I hope all are okay!
This collision, and the wet weather in which it occurred, brings to mind the crash when the young CHP Officer (Adams, I believe) crashed and perished on 101 south of Garberville, after what seemed to have been him hot-rodding it in unsafe conditions. They said, soon after that tragedy, there would be ‘an investigation’ of the accident. Never heard what they concluded was the cause. But I do know they named the highway after him…..
Let’s hope no-one, officer or civilian were driving recklessly.
CHP offices should have someone there 24/7. Or, are accidents not allowed after 5pm daily, and never on weekends?