Articles Tagged With ‘major injuries’




CHP searching for driver who hit Arroyo Grande runner

The California Highway Patrol is searching for a hit-and-run suspect who caused an Arroyo Grande woman to be hospitalized with major injuries. The victim of the crash is a long-distance runner. [KCOY] On Friday morning, Jana Hayashi, 22, was on... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria child airlifted after hit-and-run

A suspect drove a pickup truck through a Santa Maria apartment complex, hit a 5-year-old boy and fled on Saturday, according to the city’s police department. A helicopter then airlifted the boy to a Santa Barbara hospital. [KCOY] The child... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles motorcyclist killed in Central Valley

A 45-year-old Paso Robles man died Saturday after crashing his motorcycle in Fresno County. The CHP has identified the victim as Ronnie Allen Ochoa. [Fresno Bee] Around 7:30 p.m., Ochoa was riding east of Coalinga, heading southbound on Sutter Avenue.... (Continue reading)

Vehicle slams into tree near Avila Beach

A person suffered major injuries Wednesday morning after crashing into a tree near Avila Beach. [KSBY] The driver hit a tree near the intersection of of See Canyon Road and San Luis Bay Drive, according to the CHP. The crash... (Continue reading)

Climber falls off Bishop Peak wall

A woman fell 35 feet and suffered major injuries Saturday while rock climbing on Bishop Peak in San Luis Obispo. [KSBY] At around 2:49 p.m., a woman in her late 20s was free climbing an area of Bishop Peak called... (Continue reading)

Injured Templeton football player returns home

Injured Templeton High School football player Isaac Lindsey returned home Tuesday more than three months after suffering a brain injury. He received a police escort as his car traveled down Templeton’s Main Street. Lindsey suffered a brain injury during a... (Continue reading)

Drugged wrestling coach choked driver, prosecutors allege

A youth wrestling coach under the influence of prescription pills choked a teen driver and caused a rollover crash in Nipomo that has left a 10-year-old boy hospitalized for the last two months, San Luis Obispo County prosecutors allege. [Tribune]... (Continue reading)

Person killed, two suffer major injuries in Highway 46 crash

A 25-year-old Fresno man died and two people suffered major injuries in a head-on collision  in northeastern San Luis Obispo County Thursday evening on Highway 46 west of Highway 41. The accident site in the same area where actor James... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande man severely injured in DUI crash

An Arroyo Grande man crashed his pickup into a tree and suffered major injuries while allegedly driving under the influence Saturday evening. [Tribune] Dean Clark, 49, was driving a Dodge pickup eastbound on Los Berros Road in rural Arroyo Grande... (Continue reading)

Nipomo woman thrown off scooter on Highway 101

A Nipomo woman suffered major injuries Sunday morning after her scooter collided with a car on Highway 101, according to the California Highway Patrol. Shortly before 8 a.m., Bettina Annette Williams, 49, was riding a 2012 Yamaha Majesty scooter southbound... (Continue reading)