Three parties were injured in a recent car crash on Highway 41 in Madera County. The California Highway Patrol described the incident as a head-on collision involving two vehicles that took place on SR-41 in the vicinity of Road 406 shortly before 6:00 p.m.
The East Contra Costa Fire Protection District (ECCFPD) reported that one party was injured in a crash involving a horse on Pastor Lane on the night of Friday, May 20, 2022. The traffic collision happened at Pastor Lane and Delta Road in Knightsen shortly after 9:30 p.m., according to a preliminary report by the California Highway Patrol.
Two pedestrian fatalities occurred in San Francisco on May 22 and another person was injured after being struck by a taxi that had been involved in a collision with another vehicle. The taxi then struck the two women and ended up on the sidewalk. The San Francisco Police Department reported that the accident happened near the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts at the intersection of 3rd Street and Mission at about 4:32 p.m.
A second garbage truck accident fatality occurred in Northern California in two days. The accident happened on May 25 at the Dairy Road intersection with Hutchison Drive around 8:00 a.m. when a student at UC Davis was killed after a garbage truck struck her while she was riding her bike, according to school officials. The bicycle rider was transported to a hospital, where she died.
Officials in Madera County reported a fatal hit-and-run crash near Road 28 on the morning of Monday, May 23, 2022. The incident was described as a car vs. bicycle accident that took place on Raymond Road around 5:00 a.m.
A garbage truck killed a bicyclist on May 23 in a residential area of Sacramento after striking the rider. According to a spokesman for the Sacramento Police Department, Officer Ryan Woo, the accident occurred in the area of Valley Hi/North Laguna. Officers were called to the collision around 8:45 a.m. near the Deer Lake Drive intersection of La Tarriga Way, where they discovered the bicycle rider, who had suffered serious injuries. The bicycle rider died at the scene of the accident.
Officials in Fresno County reported a fatal truck accident on North Avenue and Elm Avenue in the early morning hours of Monday, May 23, 2022. The incident took place shortly before 3:00 a.m. and involved a big rig and a passenger vehicle.
An escaped bull from a Redding rodeo ran and bucked his way through the VIP section on May 20th, causing minor injuries to six spectators. The accident occurred on the Redding Rodeo Grounds on Auditorium Drive during the final part of the bull riding event. The bull, being pursued by two men on horseback, jumped over a fence into the crowd and made its way through a parking lot before it was finally captured about half a mile from the event location.
A major injury off-road accident was reported in Oroville on May 23 when a vehicle exited the pavement for an unknown reason. The collision happened in the area of Lower Wyandotte Road and Foothill Boulevard around 2:48 in the morning, according to the traffic report by the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The report stated that a vehicle had left the road and gone down an embankment but was visible from the roadway.
The California Highway Patrol responded to a call of a two-vehicle collision in Stockton on the afternoon of Monday, May 23, 2022. The traffic collision was said to have taken place shortly before 3:50 p.m. on eastbound State Route 4 near the Filbert Street offramp and involved a CalTrans dump truck.
