{"id":158528,"date":"2026-02-01T00:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/158528\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T00:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:07:09","slug":"california-highway-closed-after-dozens-of-vehicles-pile-up-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/158528\/","title":{"rendered":"California Highway Closed After Dozens of Vehicles Pile-up: What To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Heavy fog along Highway 99 in California early on Saturday created dangerous driving conditions, leading to dozens of vehicles crashing in a pile-up that resulted in the closure of the highway in both directions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">An initial report had indicated that 150 vehicles had been involved in the pile-up, but the California Highway Patrol (CHP) later clarified that the true number was closer to 59. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">The collisions occurred on both sides of the highway, with the first crash occurring near Earlimart, which authorities had warned drivers to avoid due to the hazardous conditions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">&#8220;Traffic Collision North and South Bound Highway 99 from Avenue 24, to Kern County line, Highway 99 is closed in both directions,&#8221; Tulare County Fire Department wrote on its Facebook page along with photos of wrecked cars between trucks. &#8220;Assistance from kern County Fire and Visalia City Fire, CHP is at scene.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Correction 1\/31\/26, 6:20 p.m. ET: An earlier version of this report cited a figure of 150 vehicles based on initial reports, but subsequently estimates determined a smaller number of vehicles involved. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">This is a breaking news story. Updates will follow. <\/p>\n<p><img id=\"11449076\" alt=\"\" caption=\"\" captionoverride=\"Vehicular pile-up along California's Highway 99, where dangerous conditions caused 150 vehicles to crash. (via Tulare County Fire Department Facebook)\" credit=\"\" sourcealt=\"\" sources=\"[]\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;aspect-ratio:inherit;object-fit:cover\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/624651914_1202503435389480_7373081003438897369_n.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavy fog along Highway 99 in California early on Saturday created dangerous driving conditions, leading to dozens of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,3297,15857,44744,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-158528","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-car-crash","12":"tag-car-crashes","13":"tag-traffic-accidents","14":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158528","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=158528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}