{"id":154098,"date":"2026-01-29T00:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T00:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/154098\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T00:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T00:11:11","slug":"fog-a-factor-in-43-vehicle-crash-on-hwy-58-near-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/154098\/","title":{"rendered":"Fog a factor in 43-vehicle crash on Hwy. 58 near Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(FOX40.COM) \u2014 Fog was likely a factor in the 43-vehicle pileup on Highway 58 near Bakersfield that sent several people to area hospitals, the California Highway Patrol said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident, which happened around 8 a.m., just east of Towerline Road on Tuesday, triggered a mass-casualty response by local emergency personnel. Nine people were transported to four hospitals, with injuries ranging from major to minor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Video: Dense fog creates dangerous conditions in the Sacramento Valley<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"(IMAGE: CHP)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"664\" height=\"719\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/932f70080054ee3517a733bf495c231f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(IMAGE: CHP)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"(IMAGE: CHP)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"899\" height=\"649\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5fafbdd44100408959d9844dea0130ba.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(IMAGE: CHP)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"(IMAGE: CHP)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"551\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/23bf04e8c5e79a10dde4b19638108131.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(IMAGE: CHP)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"(IMAGE: CHP)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"543\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ba92616fe74c406a66a67b3b7d690765.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(IMAGE: CHP)<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"(IMAGE: CHP)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1b8ea336551ce67dd33f30f2e36b2403.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(IMAGE: CHP)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators believe the weather may have been a contributing factor, CHP officers announced. Witnesses reported \u201cextremely dense fog\u201d with visibility estimated between 50 and 60 feet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The eastbound lanes were closed for several hours. All lanes were reopened around noon Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The cause of the crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fox40.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(FOX40.COM) \u2014 Fog was likely a factor in the 43-vehicle pileup on Highway 58 near Bakersfield that sent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,859,10734],"class_list":{"0":"post-154098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news","11":"tag-california-highway-patrol","12":"tag-highway-58"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154098","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=154098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}