Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on Highway 101 in Salinas, California.
What Happened: A tractor-trailer allegedly struck a vehicle while attempting an illegal u-turn.
Participants:
- Driver of passenger vehicle
- Three juvenile passengers in vehicle
- Driver of tractor-trailer
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- Driver of passenger vehicle, injured
- Three juvenile passengers in vehicle, injured
Details:
On or about Monday, March 21st, 2022, around 8:00 in the morning, an accident between a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle sent a mother and three children to the hospital. Troopers from the CHP said the accident was reported along Highway 101 in Salinas, California.
Officials from the California Highway Patrol said a woman and three children were injured when a tractor-trailer allegedly struck the vehicle they were in while the truck was attempting an illegal U-turn along Highway 101. Emergency responders treated the mother and three children for injuries of an unspecified nature or severity stemming from the collision.
According to Google Maps, Salinas is about 106 miles south of downtown San Francisco.
State and local agencies asssited after the accident.