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Traffic collision at Cholame Y closes Hwy 46 Friday morning

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UPDATE: According to Caltrans, the roadway is clear and all lanes are open in the area.
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UPDATE: According to Caltrans, no one was injured in the crash.

Caltans is restricting traffic to one-way traffic control.

Traffic is moving through the area, but extremely slowly.

Tow trucks are in the area removing vehicles, but uprighting the overturned big rig will take some time.
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A major traffic collision has lead to a full closure of Highway 46 East at the Cholame Y in San Luis Obispo County.

The collision involved multiple vehicles as well as an overturned big rig truck.

As of 8:38 a.m., the full closure has been replaced with one-way reversing traffic control. There is no current estimate on full reopening.

We will update this story as more information becomes available.