Update: Highway 46 East closed due to overturned semi truck
Update posted Feb. 17, 1:07 p.m.
–Highway-46 east is closed at this time as CHP tries to clear the roadway of the overturned semi-trucks and trailers.
Traffic is being turned around near the Shandon Rest Area and at Highway-33 and Highway-46 on the Kern County Side.
Original story posted Feb. 17, 11:31 p.m.
–As of Friday at 11:20 a.m., Templeton California Highway Patrol is on the way to a collision at Highway-41 and Highway-46 at the “Y.” Reports are that a semi-truck and trailer blew over in the wind, and traffic lanes are blocked.
Additionally, a second collision was reported 1 mile north of the tipped over truck and trailer. CHP says the only information they have is that it’s an overturned vehicle.
No further information is available at this time, updates will be posted.
