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Crash near Cuesta College traps two in SUV

Written on 20 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

An SUV swerved off Highway 1 Saturday night and crashed in a creek bed near Cuesta College, trapping two people in the vehicle and critically injuring at least one person. [KEYT] The vehicle left the roadway around 10:15 p.m. and... (Continue reading)

Truck slams into SLO power pole, causes outage

Written on 14 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A yellow pickup truck crashed into a San Luis Obispo power pole Monday afternoon, knocking out electricity in the area and trapping the driver inside the vehicle. Around 4:22 p.m., the driver veered left, crossed two lanes of opposing traffic... (Continue reading)

Person dies after driving car off cliff by Ragged Point

Written on 3 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A person died Monday evening after driving a vehicle off a cliff just north of Ragged Point. [KSBY] The crash occurred shortly before 6 p.m., according to the CHP. Only one vehicle was involved in the accident. A helicopter and... (Continue reading)

DUI-prone driver narrowly misses SLO creek

Written on 12 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

In an apparent repeat DUI offense, a San Luis Obispo man narrowly missed plunging his truck into a creek late Saturday night. Charles Evert, 22, suffered undisclosed injuries in a single car crash that required emergency responders to extricate him... (Continue reading)

Car collides with Santa Barbara deputy

Written on 31 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A vehicle collided with the patrol car of a Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputy, injuring him while he was responding to an emergency call on Tuesday. [KSBY] The crash occurred shortly after noon on northbound Highway 101 in Goleta. The... (Continue reading)

Car crashes, catches fire, kills Santa Maria woman

Written on 29 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A woman died in a crash in Santa Maria Sunday evening after the car she was traveling in combusted. The vehicle was heading southbound on Highway 101 near Donovan Road when it hit a guard rail, left the highway, crashed... (Continue reading)

Cow hits car on Highway 101 in Atascadero

Written on 24 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A cow reportedly survived a collision with a car on Highway 101 in Atascadero on Tuesday morning. [Tribune] The California Highway Patrol received a report of the incident at 6:50 a.m. The vehicle and animal collided in the southbound lane... (Continue reading)

Pedestrian dies in Los Osos crash

Written on 22 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A car hit and killed a pedestrian Sunday evening in Los Osos, continuing a recent string of tragedies in the coastal San Luis Obispo County community. Shortly after 6 p.m., a 65-year-old man, whose name authorities have not yet released,... (Continue reading)

Man killed in Cambria crash identified

Written on 17 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

The California Highway Patrol has identified a man who died in a single-car crash in Cambria on Monday as 84-year-old Walter William Glaser. Glaser was driving on Orville Place near Orville Avenue when his vehicle drifted off the road and... (Continue reading)

Los Osos woman was intoxicated prior to fatal crash

Written on 2 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A Los Osos woman who died after losing control of her car last month on Highway 1 was driving while heavily intoxicated, according to the CHP. [Tribune] Sabrina Hammerlund, 24, spun her car off Highway 1 near Morro Bay either... (Continue reading)