On Sunday, September 12, 2021, a 29-year-old man from Covelo was killed, and four other people suffered injuries in a head-on collision that occurred on Highway 101 North in Mendocino County, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP).
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) received a call of a three-vehicle crash and reported injuries on SR-140 near the Los Banos area on the morning of Friday, September 17, 2021. The incident occurred in the area of State Route 140 and the San Joaquin River.
A motorcyclist fatality was reported in Sacramento on September 17 after the rider’s bike collided with a truck. The collision happened at about 1:00 p.m. around Riverside Boulevard at the intersection with Swanston Drive. Officers with the Sacramento Police Department responded to the call and discovered the motorcyclist had suffered serious injuries. The motorcyclist was pronounced deceased at the accident scene later. The truck driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with investigators into the cause of the fatal accident.
An injury was reported on September 17 in Sacramento in a multiple-vehicle crash on eastbound U.S. 50. The accident happened just before 8:00 a.m. west of the 15th Street off-ramp blocking the fast lane. It involved a Ford Fusion, Toyota SUV and Chevy Cruz, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP). Sacramento Fire Department first responders were called to the scene where it was determined that at least one person had suffered minor injuries. The cause of the multiple-vehicle crash is being investigated by authorities.
A hit-and-run on September 18 at a Rio Linda intersection resulted in injuries. The accident report by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) stated that the collision, which involved three to four vehicles, happened around 10:22 a.m. at the intersection of Dry Creek Road and Elkhorn Boulevard. The accident partially blocked the roadway, and a Chevy S-10 pickup reportedly struck a tree.
A pedestrian injury was reported in Sacramento on September 15 following a hit-and-run collision with a vehicle. The accident was reported at the intersection of Watt and Whitney avenues around 10:26 p.m. Information about the accident by the reporting California Highway Patrol (CHP) was sparse, and it was not said how serious the injuries were to the walker and whether that person was taken to a hospital for treatment. The accident will be investigated by the CHP to find out how the pedestrian injury accident occurred and to locate the fleeing driver.
A traffic fatality and serious injury were reported in a single-vehicle collision on September 13 near the Sacramento Executive Airport. The accident was reported by the Sacramento Police Department as occurring at Freeport Boulevard near Blair Avenue around 7:00 in the evening. One of the individuals involved in the collision was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) reported a fatal head-on collision on Santa Fe Avenue and Monte Vista Avenue just south of Denair on the morning of Thursday, September 16, 2021. The incident took place at approximately 6:30 a.m. and involved a Subaru SUV, Nissan SUV, and a Toyota sedan.
During the early morning hours of September 12, 2021, two men were killed when they exited their vehicles to have an argument on Highway 80 in Berkeley.
