Two people were killed and at least nine others hospitalized after a 35-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 in central California on Saturday, authorities said.
The incident, which involved 17 vehicles and 18 big rigs, occurred on the southbound side of the freeway in Bakersfield, and fog is believed to be the primary cause. According to BakersfieldNow.com
Shocking footage shows a wrecked tractor-trailer half overturned on the side of the road, a white pickup truck swinging like an accordion between two rigs, and a broken cargo box with some of its contents spilling onto the highway. was reflected.
“I just witnessed the biggest and scariest accident of my life,'' said a driver on the northbound side of Interstate 5. I wrote to X.
Manny Garcia, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol in Buttonwillow, said he expected the crash to result in the closure of much of the highway for the rest of the day.
CHP said the accident is under investigation.
