Pickup Runs Into Rear of CHP Vehicle in Sunday Morning Crash
This is a press release from CHP Ukiah:
On June 12, 2022, at approximately 1027 hours, CHP officers from Ukiah Area were on-scene of a non-injury traffic collision, northbound US 101, near 41.40. CHP officers were conducting traffic control when a white Ford F-250, driven by [Chad Hodge] was traveling northbound on US 101 in the #2 lane, at approximately 60 mph. Hodge allowed his vehicle to travel through a flare pattern and strike the rear of a parked CHP patrol vehicle displaying its rear amber warning lights. The CHP patrol vehicle was unoccupied at the time of the collision. CHP personnel were not injured as a result of the collision. Hodge was treated on-scene by medical personnel and sustained minor injuries as a result of the collision. Alcohol and/or drugs are not considered to be a factor of this collision.
Earlier: Collision on Hwy 101 Near Willits This Morning
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No impairment, but stupidity. Drove through flare set-up?
Blind in one eye & can’t see outta the other!!!
Downside to rubbernecking, quit rubbernecking and drive!
Yeah, and the CHP had amber rear warning lights on. Stupidity? This driver is an insult to a fence post. Maybe a crash dummy made a break for it. Good Twilight Zone plot.
So what happened with the third car that was down the cliff?
From listening to the scanner, I’m pretty sure a motorhome was pulling a vehicle on a trailer. Somehow the vehicle detached from the trailer and went over the edge of the cliff. The CHP officer was at the scene attempting to deal with that incident when his vehicle was hit from behind.
F-250 driver must be a relative of the person that rear ended the tractor a few days ago. ?♂️
Don’t Look Up !
You might miss something on your phone.
Well now the chp has a compact maybe it will save them some fuel
Crumples like a tin can… maybe make the cars a bit safer?
They’re engineered to crumple like that, it’s called a crumple zone. It’s built into both the front and rear of all modern cars and is designed to absorb the impact upon a collision – kind of like how a spring works. See how the rear passenger compartment is mostly intact and everything behind it is smashed? If the car was more rigid like they were back in day then all the energy would be transferred to the occupants resulting in more injuries.
Correct Unless your in the third row ?
Safer means less fuel economy. Don’t you want to save the planet?