Tag: disaster_accident

An accident at the intersection of Hwy. 156 and Hwy. 25 slowed traffic this morning when a black Ford explorer collided with a white pick up truck, according to a California Highway Patrol report.

In response to an increase in fatalities at air shows nationwide, the Hollister Municipal Airport on Monday held training for firefighters in advance of the Hollister Airshow held Memorial Day weekend.

A woman died Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident on Highway 156 near Hollister that involved a sport utility vehicle and a car.

You might think that phone call you need to make on your way to work is very important, but is it worth a $159 ticket? Or, more importantly police say, the life of another motorist or passenger caught in the path of your distraction? 

The Hollister Police Department, the California Highway Patrol and the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office will be concentrating enforcement of traffic laws around Hollister Schools in an effort to encourage drivers to drive safely in school zones.

The motorist suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol when he struck a man who died as a result of the accident last fall was in court Tuesday, but his hearing was postponed. 

Two people escaped injury Tuesday when an airplane ran off a runway on takeoff at the Hollister airport and crashed into a small grass bank.

Two traffic accidents on U.S. 101 in north Morgan Hill snarled early-morning holiday traffic Monday and sent at least three people to the hospital with injuries.

A Gilroy woman was arrested Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence after an accident in San Jose that killed her husband and daughter, the California Highway Patrol said.