OAN’s Elizabeth Volberding
9:50 AM – Sunday, January 7, 2024
An accident involving at least 35 vehicles along a stretch of southern California’s Interstate 5 has resulted in two people dead and nine others injured.
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On Saturday at approximately 7:30 a.m., an accident occurred involving a 35 car pileup on California’s Interstate 5, which is west of Bakersfield.
According to Kern County Fire Department spokesman Jim Calhoun, visibility was about 10 feet when the crews arrived at the “chaotic” scene.
The accident, stretched out over roughly half a mile, or 0.80 kilometers, affected 17 passenger cars and 18 tractor-trailers.
According to the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS), the fatal pileup on the West Coast’s prominent north-south corridor happened on the southbound side of…
