Tag Archives: crashes

About 50 vehicles were involved in multiple crashes in dense fog on Highway 198 in Kings County on Tuesday morning Jan. 31, 2017, the California Highway Patrol reported. … Click to Continue »

A woman escaped with minor injuries Monday after her car crashed into Merced’s Bear Creek near R Street, according to fire officials at the scene. Firefighters and police were called … Click to Continue »

A Merced woman was booked into jail early Tuesday after purposely crashing her car into an Atwater garage in hopes of hurting the occupants, police reported. Atwater police responded to … Click to Continue »

A Modesto police squad car crashed into a business near downtown early Wednesday morning as the officer was en route to assist in a vehicle pursuit. There were no injuries … Click to Continue »

The California Highway Patrol is investigating two fatal collisions Friday night in Merced County. The names of the two men who were killed were not released. A motorcyclist, a man … Click to Continue »

Three crashes that resulted in minor or no injuries caused traffic to back up on southbound Highway 99 during the Tuesday morning commute. A big rig and sports utility vehicle … Click to Continue »

A tractor-trailer was struck by a freight train about noon Tuesday in Atwater. According to Atwater police Sgt. Dick Wisdom, the tractor-trailer became stuck on a center divider while attempting … Click to Continue »

A 23-year-old Merced woman and an 83-year man from Hilmar were killed in separate collisions Thursday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. Katie Abarca was found unresponsive at the … Click to Continue »

A Merced driver who attempted to pass a cement truck on Highway 59 on Friday crashed his Jeep into a power pole before flipping the vehicle into a drainage ditch, … Click to Continue »

A crash near downtown Merced on Sunday night hospitalized five people after a pickup ran a stop sign and hit a car that ran into a home. … Click to Continue »

A 23-year-old man suspected of driving under in the influence drove his vehicle south on Lakewood Avenue and through the Scenic Drive intersection before nearly hitting a house. The vehicle took out two fences along the property. The driver, Robert Swartzman, who was the only person in the vehicle, later …

A man chasing four people suspected of robbing his 13-year-old son’s cellphone lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a house in southeast Modesto on Tuesday evening. Melissa Neal … Click to Continue »

Jordan Bell, 38, was listed in critical condition Wednesday in Modesto Crash reported Tuesday night on Commerce Avenue in Atwater … Click to Continue »