Update: Woman killed in multi-vehicle crash on Highway 101 identified
Update posted April 6:
– The California Highway Patrol has identified the woman killed in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 101 near the base of the Cuesta Grade last month as Nancy Louise Cunningham, 69, of Stratham, Georgia.
Original article posted March 31:
Woman dies in multi-vehicle crash on Highway 101 Saturday
– A woman was killed Saturday night in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 101 near the base of the Cuesta Grade after she was struck by another vehicle while trying to escape an initial collision, according to a report by the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
The crash began around 9:30 p.m. when a Toyota Camry attempted to turn left onto southbound Highway 101 from Higuera Ranch and collided with a northbound Toyota Highlander, leaving the Camry disabled and unlit in a northbound lane facing the wrong direction.
As an adult female passenger exited the Camry, she was hit by a northbound Hyundai Tucson whose driver did not see the darkened vehicle. She was thrown into a turn lane and pronounced dead at the scene. Five others, including two drivers and three juveniles, were transported to a San Luis Obispo hospital with minor to moderate injuries. The crash remains under investigation, and authorities said drugs and alcohol are not believed to be factors.
Click here to read the Tribune’s report.
