Video captures chaos inside 59-car pileup on Highway 99 in Tulare County

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A pistillate and her parent were injured aft becoming trapped successful a monolithic 59-car pileup connected Highway 99 aboriginal Saturday greeting portion traveling from Oxnard to the Central Valley.

Yamel Angel said she and her parent were driving northbound erstwhile they abruptly recovered themselves successful the mediate of the crash, which was captured connected video from wrong their car.

"I had nary shoes. I conscionable ran out. We ran to the writer arsenic accelerated arsenic we could and we conscionable watched everything happen," Angel said.

Video Angel, aboriginal posted to TikTok, shows wide destruction, with victims lasting successful the halfway divider arsenic they tried to get to safety.

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As the country unfolded, the 2nd clang occurred connected the other broadside of the highway.

"We conscionable saw cars aft cars crashing everywhere," Angel said.

Angel and her parent were taken to the hospital. Angel suffered caput and hep injuries, portion her parent sustained a backmost injury.

"There were radical trying to assistance trying to assistance the injured. It was truly bad. My bosom was racing truly fast. Everything flashed my caput went blank," Angel said.

Dashcam footage from a antithetic vantage constituent shows the commencement of a 2nd pileup, including a semi-truck losing power and slamming into the halfway median.

Video shared by Kern County Crime Streams highlights conscionable however dense the fog was astatine the clip of the crashes.

"It was conscionable radical connected the near broadside connected the close broadside successful front," said Andres of Kern County Crime Streams. "It was conscionable a batch of screaming radical were bittersweet and confused. They didn't cognize what to do."

Photos from the country amusement the severity of the damage, including an representation of a azygous tyre wedged betwixt 2 semis.

A photograph was taken by Augie Martinez with Delano Towing, 1 of astir a twelve tow companies called successful to assist. Crews worked into the day hauling damaged vehicles from the wreckage.

For Angel, the images and sounds from that greeting stay unforgettable.

"I've ne'er experienced thing similar this successful my life. I'll ne'er hide the screams and the shots from radical oregon the humor the cars I'll ne'er hide it," she said.

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