Tag: hollister accident

A 28-year-old Hollister man died in an accident Sunday on Highway 101 north of East Dunne Avenue, and the California Highway Patrol suspects alcohol was a factor.

Getting out of my car along the sparsely driven yet frenetic, four-lane Memorial Drive shortly after Monday’s fatal accident involving a transit bus and 11-year-old boy on a bicycle, I veered on the sidewalk past a woman and three children—as they walked peacefully toward the unknowing calamity ahead—and saw through scattered collections of onlookers standing and watching, some at sidewalk level and others on slopes overlooking the scene, in stunned silence.

Following the bus accident that killed a 11-year-old bicyclist Monday afternoon, local restaurants in Hollister—a “big, small town"—are hosting fundraisers to help the youth’s family with unexpected costs.

Hollister Mayor Ignacio Velazquez expressed sadness after Monday’s bus accident on Memorial Drive resulting in a 11-year-old boy’s death.

The 23-year-old Hollister man accused of driving under the influence and killing a 37-year-old local man pleaded not guilty at an arraignment hearing Tuesday and had his bail increased to $250,000, according to court records.

A 2006 graduate of San Benito High School died in a single-car accident early Friday morning on Union Road, and the California Highway Patrol arrested the 19-year-old driver on suspicion of driving under the influence and gross vehicular manslaughter.