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.
The first, more serious accident occurred on northbound U.S. 101 just south of Coyote Creek Golf Drive about 8:11 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol’s web site.
A blue Lexus sport-utility vehicle and a blue 1988 Toyota Corolla collided as they were traveling northbound, according to CHP reports. Three occupants of the vehicles were taken by ambulance to unidentified area hospitals, with unspecified injuries.
At least one of the patients’ injuries were classified as “major” on the CHP web site. An occupant of the Toyota was reportedly unconscious when officers arrived at the scene.
The accident also caused dry concrete debris and drywall to scatter onto the shoulder of the freeway, according to a CHP report, though it is unclear which vehicle was carrying the materials.
The identities of those injured and the possible cause of the accident are not yet available.
All northbound lanes were open as of about 10 a.m., according to the CHP.
A second accident happened less than an hour later, when an unspecified make of vehicle traveling northbound on U.S. 101 overturned at the Cochrane Road off-ramp, according to the CHP web site.
More details on the accidents will follow when available.
