Articles Tagged With ‘fatal collisions’




Paso Robles man dies in ATV crash

A 69-year-old man died after crashing his ATV on his rural Paso Robles property Monday morning. The California Highway Patrol has identified the man as William Schaffer. The crash occurred around 9:30 a.m. Schaffer was driving a Kubota ATV, which... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach woman killed in Santa Barbara County crash

A Grover Beach woman died after her vehicle plunged about 400 feet down a cliff near Stagecoach Road and Highway 154 in rural Santa Barbara County on Thursday. At about 1 p.m., a Santa Barbara County air unit found the... (Continue reading)

Man killed in crash at Oceano Dunes

A 27-year-old man died and a second person was airlifted to the hospital following a crash at the Oceano Dunes Sunday afternoon. [KSBY] The 27-year-old was driving a vehicle on the dunes around 4 p.m. when the vehicle rolled down... (Continue reading)

Templeton man killed in crash identified

The California Highway Patrol has identified Thomas Mercer as the 77-year-old Templeton man who was killed in a three-car crash on Highway 41 near Morro Bay Saturday afternoon. [KSBY] At around 2 p.m., 24-year-old Nicholas Bundren, of Atascadero, was driving... (Continue reading)

Victim of crash near Nacimiento Lake identified

A man who died in a fiery crash near Nacimiento Lake early Saturday morning has been identified as 22-year-old Richmond Corrales Eskridge. Eskridge was a resident of Big Sur. He lost control of his Ford pickup sometime between midnight and... (Continue reading)

SLO man identified as deceased motorcyclist

The California Highway Patrol has identified the man who died in a motorcycle crash on Highway 101 Sunday evening as 35-year-old San Luis Obispo resident Victor Hugo Padilla-Diaz. [KSBY] Shortly after 6 p.m., Padilla-Diaz lost control of his motorcycle while... (Continue reading)

Two men die in weekend crashes in SLO County

A Big Sur man died in fiery crash outside of Paso Robles early Saturday morning, and a motorcyclist died in a crash Sunday evening on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo. Sometime between midnight and 5 a.m. on Saturday, CHP... (Continue reading)

Driver in North County crash charged with manslaughter

A semi-truck driver who was involved in a Christmas eve crash that killed four people is accused of vehicular manslaughter, even though the driver with whom he collided was allegedly under the influence of drugs at the time. [Tribune] The... (Continue reading)

Cambria siblings killed in crash, driver was victim’s boyfriend

A 20-year-old woman and her 11-year-old brother died in a crash Tuesday afternoon in which the woman’s longterm boyfriend plunged a pickup more than 200 feet off a cliff adjacent to Highway 46 West. [KSBY] Patience Robbins, 20, and William... (Continue reading)

Cambria woman and boy killed in crash

A boy and a 20-year-old woman, both residents of Cambria, died Tuesday afternoon when a pickup truck plunged 300 feet off a cliff adjacent to Highway 46 West. [KSBY] The crash occurred eight miles east of Highway 1. A 22-year-old... (Continue reading)