Articles Tagged With ‘Highway 101’




Trailer overturns on Highway 101 near Avila Beach

A truck towing a white trailer overturned and then crashed into another truck on Highway 101 near Avila Beach Drive Thursday morning. Cal Fire tweeted a photo of the rollover, which shows traffic backed up on Northbound Highway 101. There... (Continue reading)

Man killed in Nipomo hit-and-run

A pedestrian was killed in a hit and run at Highway 101 and the Tefft Street exit in Nipomo on Saturday night. Shortly after 9:15 p.m., a motorist reported what they thought was a dead animal on the highway. Officers... (Continue reading)

Oil pipeline spills 21,000 gallons off Central Coast

A ruptured pipeline near Goleta spilled 21,000 gallons of crude oil into the ocean Tuesday creating an approximately four-mile wide oil slick. The portion of the pipeline near Refugio State Beach broke in the early afternoon spilling oil into a... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man killed in crash on Highway 101

A 26-year-old Nipomo man died Thursday following a truck crash on Highway 101 in Shell Beach. Shortly after 6 p.m., Alex James Robinson was driving southbound in a flatbed truck carrying contracting tools. Robinson made a turning movement toward the... (Continue reading)

Off-roading accident victim’s names released

Five men, three from San Luis Obispo, were four-wheeling Saturday morning on sandy trails between Highway 101 and Fort Hunter Liggett in Monterey County when the narrow path they were on gave way and their Jeep rolled more than 600... (Continue reading)

1 man killed and 4 injured while four-wheeling

UPDATE: The driver of the Jeep that crashed into a Ravine Saturday night was  Andrew Joseph Kruep, 25, from Orinda. He died Saturday night. Krueps passengers were Darren Thomas Mullen, 25,  Sean Ross Mullen, 22, and Myles Andrew Franklin, 21, all from... (Continue reading)

Plane crashes into Orcutt strawberry field

A small plane crash-landed into a strawberry field in Orcutt on Saturday afternoon. Shortly before noon, a man attempted to land the Piper Cherokee Arrow in a field near Clark Avenue and Highway 101 after experiencing mechanical failure. A father,... (Continue reading)

Man killed in Highway 101 crash

A Santa Maria man was killed Wednesday after he drove his motorcycle into a car on Highway 101 near Spyglass Drive in Pismo Beach. At about 12:30 p.m., the man drove his three-wheel motorcycle into the back of a car... (Continue reading)

Man killed while walking on Highway 101 in SLO

Multiple vehicles struck and killed a 50-year-old Lompoc man who was walking on highway 101 in San Luis Obispo on Saturday night. [KSBY] The collision occurred around 9:15 p.m. in the northbound lane of the highway by the Santa Rosa... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man killed in crash

A Paso Robles man involved in a crash at the bottom of the Cuesta Grade Monday night has died. Shortly before 8 p.m., Robert James Dowdy, 42, was driving a 1995 Yamaha motorcycle northbound on Highway 101 near Reservoir Canyon... (Continue reading)