CHP Officer Injured In Crash; 101 Backed Up For Miles

[SR-25]

PETALUMA -- A California Highway Patrol vehicle and a Snapple truck crashed Tuesday afternoon on southbound U.S. Highway 101 just north of San Antonio Road, backing up traffic for miles and sending the officer to the hospital with serious injuries.

The CHP officer was taken to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and the driver of the Snapple truck was taken to Novato General Hospital, CHP Officer Brian Land said.

The accident was reported at 2:10 p.m. A Sig-alert was issued at 2:25 p.m. and one lane of the highway was opened in both directions at 2:47 p.m.

The CHP said a helicopter was initially summoned by the Sonoma County Fire Department but was canceled. A big-rig tow was summoned for the Snapple truck and a flatbed truck was called for the CHP car.
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http://www.ktvu.com/news/7788750/detail.html

[4CHP]

This link has an overhead photo of the patrol car...Nasty crash! :shock:

http://www.nbc11.com/news/7788708/detail.html

<< ABC7 has learned from an eyewitness that the CHP cruiser was parked on the southbound lanes, with the officer inside the car, when it was struck by a Snapple delivery truck. >>

This irritates me so much. I just don't understand how the heck you aim for a parked car on a freeway without realizing it...makes no sense to me. :mad:

[SB 405]

Please Lord not another one.

[4CHP]

Raw video footage here... http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_066185311.html

[SB 405]

From the amount of damage to the CHP car would I be far off by guessing the car was stopped at the point of impact?

[CHP Explorer]

If you read the article it says that the officer was stopped and waiting to make a U - turn when the TC happend.

[NorCalN00b]

Please Lord not another one.
I just heard on the radio that the CHP officer who was injured has been released from the hospital. Thank God.

[SB 405]

Another accident last night in my area.



Two California Highway Patrol officers are suffering from only minor injuries after a spectacular crash on a West Los Angeles freeway.

Authorities say the officers were driving south on I-405 at around a 12:45 a.m. when their car blew a tire, launched over a guardrail, and rolled several times.

The two were briefly trapped in the overturned vehicle until fire crews arrived to rescue them. Three southbound lanes on the 405 were blocked during the rescue operation.

Online CHP records indicate the officers may have been chasing two vehicles that were speeding at 90 miles per hour when their car spun out of control after blowing a tire.

But a CHP spokesman says the officers were not involved in a pursuit, and that the cause of the crash is under investigation.

[norcal625]

Just to chip in I drove past this yesterday on my way to windsor cali and it was nasty and the traffic was miserable and i was sitting there bitching the whole time till i saw the car and my heart stopped and I made a phone call home asking someone to check on the internet and see if he was ok...