Crash sends concrete pillars onto roadway, shuts down 99 for several hours

MADERA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A clang involving a semi and a pick-up unopen down the southbound lanes of Hwy 99 for respective hours connected Sunday evening aft pushing 4 impermanent K-Rails into the road, CHP says.

Officers accidental a 23-year-old successful a Kenworth semi was heading northbound successful the dilatory lane on Hwy 99 toward Avenue 12. A 22-year-old successful a Toyota Tacoma was driving successful the aforesaid direction, astatine the aforesaid time, successful the near lane.

According to CHP, the operator of the Kenworth made an unsafe lane alteration and attempted to power implicit to the near lane, colliding with the Toyota.

Officials accidental the interaction caused some vehicles to clang into the operation zone's impermanent K-Rails, pushing 4 of the factual pillars onto the roadway and blocking each southbound postulation lanes for respective hours.

The pick-up and semi crossed implicit into the southbound lanes of the freeway earlier safely coming to a remainder connected the westbound enarthrosis of southbound Hwy 99, CHP says. Both drivers sustained insignificant injures.