{"id":120415,"date":"2026-01-05T04:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T04:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/120415\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T04:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T04:40:09","slug":"highway-168-rockslide-causes-crash-chp-urges-caution-during-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/120415\/","title":{"rendered":"Highway 168 rockslide causes crash, CHP urges caution during storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KFSN logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, January 5, 2026 4:10AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Highway 168 rockslide causes crash, CHP urges caution during storms\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Early morning travelers woke up to a rockslide that happened overnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">CHP shared images of debris covering parts of the four lanes of Highway 168, creating a highly dangerous situation for drivers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A 4&#215;4 truck traveling downhill hit the rocks, damaging the suspension.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Minutes later, a Honda CR-V also struck the rocks and rolled over. The driver was seriously injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Unfortunately, there was little to no opportunity for the drivers to avoid the rocks in the roadway because conditions were dark and there was a curve in the roadway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">California Highway Patrol is reminding drivers to slow down in mountain areas, especially during storms and to always report any road hazards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Caltrans crews responded quickly to the rockslide and cleared the area.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, January 5, 2026 4:10AM FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Early morning travelers woke up to a rockslide&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[63475,3315,852,112,622,114,113,9877,35737,63474,60777,42188,632,294],"class_list":{"0":"post-120415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-63475","9":"tag-caltrans","10":"tag-chp","11":"tag-fresno","12":"tag-fresno-county","13":"tag-fresno-headlines","14":"tag-fresno-news","15":"tag-highway-168","16":"tag-mountain-roads","17":"tag-road-hazards","18":"tag-rockslide","19":"tag-rollover-crash","20":"tag-storm-safety","21":"tag-timely"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}