TULARE COUNTY, Calif. — A woman and her mother were injured after becoming trapped in a massive 59-car pileup on Highway 99 early Saturday morning while traveling from Oxnard to the Central Valley.<\/p>\n
Yamel Angel said she and her mother were driving north when they suddenly found themselves in the middle of the crash, which was captured on video from inside their car.<\/p>\n
“I had no shoes. I just ran out. We ran to the grass as fast as we could and we just watched everything happen,” Angel said.<\/p>\n
Video Angel, later posted to TikTok, shows widespread destruction, with victims standing in the center divider as they tried to get to safety.<\/p>\n
RELATED: Highway 99 in Central California reopens after 59-vehicle pileup, CHP says<\/a><\/p>\n As the scene unfolded, the second crash occurred on the opposite side of the highway.<\/p>\n “We just saw cars after cars crashing everywhere,” Angel said.<\/p>\n Angel and her mother were taken to the hospital. Angel suffered head and hip injuries, while her mother sustained a back injury.<\/p>\n “There were people trying to help trying to help the injured. It was really bad. My heart was racing really fast. Everything flashed my head went blank,” Angel said.<\/p>\n Dashcam footage from a different vantage point shows the start of a second pileup, including a semi-truck losing control and slamming into the center median.<\/p>\n Video shared by Kern County Crime Streams highlights just how dense the fog was at the time of the crashes.<\/p>\n “It was just people on the left side on the right side in front,” said Andres of Kern County Crime Streams. “It was just a lot of screaming people were sad and confused. They didn’t know what to do.”<\/p>\n Photos from the scene show the severity of the damage, including an image of a single tire wedged between two semis.<\/p>\n A photo was taken by Augie Martinez with Delano Towing, one of about a dozen tow companies called in to assist. Crews worked into the afternoon hauling damaged vehicles from the wreckage.<\/p>\n For Angel, the images and sounds from that morning remain unforgettable.<\/p>\n “I’ve never experienced anything like this in my life. I’ll never forget the screams and the shots from people or the blood the cars I’ll never forget it,” she said.<\/p>\n For news and weather updates, follow Brisa Col\u00f3n on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n