Dense fog causes 59-car pileup on Highway 99
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At least 10 people were injured the pileup, which occurred amid heavy fog and low visibility about 40 miles north of Bakersfield.
A woman and her mother were injured after becoming trapped in the massive 59-car pileup on Highway 99 early Saturday morning while traveling from Oxnard to the Central Valley.
Dense fog sparked a horrific 150-car pileup Saturday morning along an infamous Central Valley freeway that just had two crashes in recent weeks due to poor visibility. The shocking smash-up happened along a stretch of Highway 99 just after 8:15 a.
59 vehicles were involved in a crash on northbound Highway 99 as well as crashes on southbound lanes near Earlimart Saturday morning. The crashes caused closure
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9 people sustained minor injuries, and one person was moderately injured.
Highway 99 in Tulare County was shut down in both directions Saturday morning following a 59-vehicle fog-related collision. The closure stretches from Avenue 24 south of Earlimart to three miles south to the Kern County line, affecting both northbound and southbound lanes, authorities said. The crash was reported at 8:16 a.m.