Fatal victim in 7-vehicle wreck ID'd as details emerge - Hollister Free Lance
Northbound and southbound sections of Highway 25 were closed until early Tuesday morning. The incident occurred Monday evening during rush hour, when cars began to slow for an “unknown reason” in stop-and-go traffic, CHP Officer Herb Kellogg told the Free Lance on Tuesday morning. The driver of the big rig did not bring his vehicle to a stop in time and hit a 2014 Ford F150, which hit a 1999 Honda Accord and started a“chain reaction collision,” the officer said. Parties were transported by helicopter to hospitals that included the Regional Medical Center San Jose, Stanford and Natividad Medical Center for care, according to Kellogg. Monday, the CHP reported a white sedan had been under a big rig near Shore Road, but later reports showed it was actually a large pick-up truck. “It may have looked like a sedan but it was a Ford F150,” Kellogg said. The trailer had kind of gone around and it may have looked like it was under it. ”. Northbound Highway 25 reopened at 12:14 a. m. Tuesday morning, and southbound Highway 25 reopened about an hour later, he said. “But regardless of that fact of why traffic had slowed, it’s still the drivers’ responsibility to bring their vehicle to a stop behind the vehicle in front of them. Cars on southbound Highway 25 turned onto Bolsa Road on Monday evening to avoid almost standstill traffic. Source: www.sanbenitocountytoday.com
