Crime & Safety
Young Woman Badly Hurt in Morning Crash
Car, semi-truck collided at Highway 1 and Salinas Road.
A 20-year-old Hollister woman was badly hurt Wednesday morning when she crashed her car into a semi-truck on Highway 1 near Salinas Road in North Monterey County, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The crash happened around 9:18 a.m. when the woman's 1999 Honda sedan crossed into oncoming traffic on the two-lane highway and hit a 2007 Peterbuilt semi-truck and trailer, according to the CHP.
The woman had been heading north when she hit the southbound big rig. CHP officers said it was unclear what caused her to veer into head-on traffic.
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The collision totaled the woman's car. She suffered major injuries and was flown to a San Francisco Bay Area trauma center for treatment, according to the CHP. The driver of the big rig was unhurt.
The road stayed open while emergency crews worked, but traffic was slowed. The crash remains under investigation.
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