{"id":158494,"date":"2026-01-31T23:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/158494\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T23:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T23:31:08","slug":"59-vehicle-pile-up-in-foggy-conditions-closed-major-california-highway-for-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/158494\/","title":{"rendered":"59-vehicle pile up in foggy conditions closed major California highway for hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 59-vehicle pile-up shut down a main California highway Saturday morning as fog severely limited visibility.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened on Highway 99, nearly 40 miles north of Bakersfield, in Tulare County. The area, located in California&#8217;s Central Valley, is known as a top producer of agriculture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CHP officers said there was an initial crash on each side of the highway, which was followed by a series of other crashes, with 59 vehicles involved in total.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/99-pile-up-1.png#.png\" alt=\"99-pile-up-1.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  A 59-vehicle pile-up on Highway 99 in Tulare County closed the highway for hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                CHP Visalia<\/p>\n<p>Fog limited visibility in the area to about 150-200 feet, the CHP said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The highway was closed in both directions until about 2:30 p.m. as crews worked to clear the scene. It&#8217;s a major highway that stretches the entire length of the Central Valley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials said multiple people suffered minor to moderate injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The CHP said drivers should slow down, increase their following distance and remain alert, especially in low-visibility or congested areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 59-vehicle pile-up shut down a main California highway Saturday morning as fog severely limited visibility. The crash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,1825],"class_list":{"0":"post-158494","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news","11":"tag-highway-99"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158494","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=158494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}