Twenty-five people were taken to hospitals with mostly minor injuries following a series of crashes involving at least two cars and a bus that crashed through a concrete divider on a Los Angeles highway, authorities said. Five patients were in …
The state has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle an excessive-force lawsuit filed by a man who was shot by California Highway Patrol officers at the end of a pursuit. The San Jose Mercury News reports the state offered …
A woman punched repeatedly by a California Highway Patrol officer on the side of a freeway in an incident caught on video will receive $1.5 million under a settlement, and the officer has agreed to resign. CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow …
A California Highway Patrol officer and his wife, a CHP dispatcher, have been arrested on suspicion of worker’s compensation insurance fraud. The Sacramento Bee reports Officer Daniel Cory Clapp, who’s stationed in Lassen County, is accused of filing a false …
A mechanical problem ignited a limousine fire that killed five nurses trapped in the back, the California Highway Patrol said Monday as it released results of its investigation and 911 calls filled with screams from those inside. The blaze broke …
A tour bus carrying visitors from Yosemite National Park was traveling at an unsafe speed when the driver lost control and crashed on a mountain road, leaving 16 people injured, the California Highway Patrol said Sunday. The bus was about …
The California Highway Patrol and other statewide traffic safety groups have created a set of written guidelines on motorcycle “lane-splitting,” the at-times hair-splitting maneuver that allows riders to legally pass vehicles in adjacent lanes by driving between them. While California …
The California Highway Patrol says a Los Angeles freeway construction worker has been crushed to death by a 3,000-pound steel beam that was being unloaded from a truck. Sgt. Joe Zizi says the accident happened around 2:30 a.m. Thursday on …
California Highway Patrol officials say about 30,000 people across the state are facing fines after being ticketed for using cell phones or other electronic devices while driving. CHP spokeswoman Sgt. Diana McDermott says the tickets were issued in April as …
The California Highway Patrol says it’s seeking criminal charges against a trucking company over a poorly maintained fuel tanker that burst into flames on a Los Angeles County freeway in December. The fire burned an overpass so badly it had …