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DUI driver from Fresno flees CHP through SLO County

Written on 4 Apr, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An allegedly intoxicated driver from Fresno fled CHP officers through much of northern San Luis Obispo County last Friday, hitting multiple vehicle and driving the wrong way on Highway 101 before crashing.  Mandeep Singh Brar, 27, was... (Continue reading)

Officers arrest wrong-way drunk teen driver near San Miguel

Written on 22 Mar, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN CHP officers arrested a Paso Robles teen who was allegedly intoxicated while driving the wrong way on Highway 101 near San Miguel early Friday morning. At approximately 2:37 a.m., 911 callers began reporting a wrong-way driver traveling... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria high school student hit by car, airlifted to Central Valley hospital

Written on 22 Mar, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A driver on Thursday morning struck a 16-year-old Santa Maria girl who was walking to school, leaving the teen with major injuries and leading to a helicopter airlifting her to a Central Valley hospital.  Shortly before 8... (Continue reading)

CHP identifies woman killed in rural Paso Robles crash

Written on 13 Mar, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The CHP has identified 43-year-old Elizabeth Hernandez of Santa Maria as the person killed in a hit-and-run crash in rural Paso Robles on Monday morning.  Shortly after midnight, Angel Melquiades Ramos of Paso Robles was driving a... (Continue reading)

UPS truck crashes on Highway 101 off-ramp in SLO

Written on 5 Mar, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A UPS driver failed to negotiate a turn while exiting Highway 101 near downtown San Luis Obispo, crashing and overturning his truck on Monday evening.  The UPS truck overturned on the northbound Highway 101 off-ramp at Marsh... (Continue reading)

Crew rescues man stranded on Central Coast cliff, video

Written on 1 Mar, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN More than 30 hours after a man drove his car over the side of a Central Coast cliff, a rescue crew hoisted him off the location — about 400 feet below Highway 1 — where he was... (Continue reading)

Central Coast man killed in crash near Lompoc identified

Written on 12 Feb, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

  By JOSH FRIEDMAN CHP officials have identified a Central Coast man who died following a head-on collision near Lompoc Sunday afternoon. Shortly before 4 p.m., 44-year-old Nils Gustavson of Lompoc was driving a 1997 Saab sedan westbound on Highway... (Continue reading)

CHP vehicle rams elderly wrong-way driver on Highway 101

Written on 11 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A CHP officer used a patrol vehicle early Thursday morning to ram the car of an elderly wrong-way driver on Highway 101 in Santa Barbara County. [KSBY] Shortly after 2 a.m., 911 callers reported a wrong-way driver... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach man injured, two killed in wrong-way driver crash

Written on 2 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A wrong-way driver and his passenger both died in a head-on collision with a vehicle driven by a Pismo Beach man on Highway 101 in Santa Maria over the weekend.  Two males were traveling southbound on northbound... (Continue reading)

Overturned wood chipper halts Highway 101 traffic outside SLO

Written on 6 Dec, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A woodchipper that was being towed by a truck overturned on Highway 101 south of San Luis Obispo on Wednesday, blocking lanes and causing traffic to pile up. The truck went off the roadway at approximately 2:18... (Continue reading)