(Update, 9:11 p.m.) — Two people were injured and transported to the hospital after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 101 Friday evening, a spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol said, slowing traffic in both directions as the accident scene was cleared.
CHP spokesperson Ken Antonetti said two people — a male driver and a female passenger — were transported to the hospital after their vehicle was broadsided by an oncoming vehicle on Highway 101 near Reservoir Canyon Road.
Officer Antonetti said a 2021 Toyota Corolla, with the male driver and female passenger, was stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of Reservoir Canyon Road and Highway 101, attempting to make a left-hand turn onto southbound Highway 101.
Officer Antonetti said the Corolla entered the intersection as a Honda Civic was traveling northbound on Highway 101 in the No. 1 lane. The Honda did not have enough time to stop and broadsided the Corolla on the driver's side of the vehicle.
The female driver of the Honda was able to walk away from the scene.
The severity of the injuries of the two people in the Corolla is not known.
Officer Antonetti said the fast lane of northbound Highway 101 was blocked while both lanes of southbound Highway 101 were blocked.
The scene has since been cleared and traffic is now unimpeded.
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(Original story, 8:21 p.m.) — A two-vehicle collision on southbound Highway 101 near Reservoir Canyon Road is slowing traffic in the area, an official with the California Highway Patrol said.
The accident happened around 7:34 p.m.
The No. 2 lane of southbound traffic was initially closed, slowing traffic in the area, but a KSBY photographer on the scene has since confirmed that both lanes of southbound traffic are now open.
Northbound lanes remained open.
The CHP official could not confirm whether there were any injuries at this time.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
