Articles Tagged With ‘California Highway Patrol (CHP)’




Atascadero track star killed in crash

A former Atascadero High track star was killed and her sister was critically injured Tuesday morning in a crash on Highway 198 just west of Highway 5. [Cal Coast Times] Brittni Frace, 20, of Paso Robles was pronounced dead at... (Continue reading)

Driver leads officers on chase from Nipomo to Templeton

A 25-year-old Apple Valley man, who was allegedly transporting methamphetamine and a loaded short-barreled rifle, led authorities on a chase from Nipomo to Templeton Monday night. [KSBY] The chase began shortly before 11 p.m. when San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s... (Continue reading)

Local fire battalion chief killed in car crash

A San Luis Obispo County man who was serving as the battalion chief of a Santa Maria-based national forest firefighting agency died Thursday morning in a crash on Highway 41 in Kings County. Gary Helming, 47, was returning from a... (Continue reading)

Man killed in head-on crash with semi at highways 41 and 46 “Y”

For at least the seventh time this year, a person died in a car crash near the Highway 41 and Highway 46 “Y.” On Monday night, a man driving an Acura Integra slammed head-on into a semi-truck while trying to... (Continue reading)

Templeton woman breaks her legs after going airborne on Highway 101

A 54-year-old Templeton woman lost control of her pickup truck on Highway 101, went airborne and slammed into an overpass in Atascadero. The woman suffered broken legs in the wreck. At about 3:20 p.m. Monday, Melissa Diane Gootkin was driving... (Continue reading)

DUI rollover crash in Atascadero sends passenger to hospital

A Visalia man who was driving under the influence of alcohol crashed his SUV on Highway 101 Friday morning, causing the vehicle to rollover and a passenger to end up in the hospital, according to the CHP. Around 7:20 a.m.,... (Continue reading)

Victim of Creston DUI crash identified

The California Highway Patrol has identified a 28-year-old Shandon man as the person killed when an intoxicated driver wrecked an SUV near Creston on Sunday. Artemio V. Pacheco died in the crash, while the driver, 31-year-old Eusebio Ruizluis of Shandon,... (Continue reading)

Police searching for serial South County vehicle thief

Amid a rash of auto thefts in San Luis Obispo and South County, police are zeroing in on a 37-year-old man who is evading law enforcement. Since the beginning of July, the CHP and the San Luis Obispo, Arroyo Grande,... (Continue reading)

Passenger dies in DUI crash near Creston

A person died Sunday afternoon in a crash north of Creston on Creston Road near Highway 41, according to the CHP. The driver of a Ford SUV allegedly wrecked the vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, killing the lone... (Continue reading)

Pedestrian killed in SLO may have been intoxicated

The California Highway Patrol has identified a Grover Beach man as the pedestrian who was struck and killed Wednesday night on Foothill Boulevard just outside the San Luis Obispo city limits. Kevin Jourdan, 42, may have been under the influence... (Continue reading)