Head-On Crash Reported at West Road Offramp in Redwood Valley North of Ukiah
A head-on traffic collision was reported around 8:01 p.m. this evening at the West Road offramp east of Highway 101 in Redwood Valley north of Ukiah, according to the California Highway Patrol Traffic Incident Information Page.
First reports on the scanner state two vehicles were involved in the crash after one vehicle was going the wrong way on the offramp. Dispatch logs described the collision as a head-on crash involving what appeared to be a white Toyota Highlander and a brown GMC Yukon
Both vehicles are off to the side of the roadway and traffic is able to pass the scene. Fluids were reported leaking from at least one of the vehicles.
Scanner traffic indicated one person involved in the crash was “walking wounded,” while another reportedly declined medical transport and signed an AMA (against medical advice).
Information gathered from emergency dispatch traffic and the CHP incident page is preliminary and may change as additional details become available.
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Yikes! The wrong way drivers seem to expanding in numbers.
This off ramp needs to have a wrong way spike strip, seriously. Wrong way drivers here happen nearly daily. The Casino is in this area, out of town visitors can easily get confused here. People who are drunk definitely get confused here and enter the freeway going south in the north bound lanes. Major life changing accidents have already occurred because of this. And yet, Cal Trans has yet to add further protections. There should be a HUGE public outcry over this, a campaign to get CalTrans action. A spike strip system would at least disable a wrong way vehicle and perhaps keep it from making it to the freeway. Seems like a no brainer.
how …
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I’ve watched people do it right in front of me crossing the overpass heading to Coyote Valley for gas. Never underestimate the ability of people to bypass even the largest, most obvious signage.