Crime & Safety

Moss Landing Crash: Five Injured, Including Three Critically

BREAKING: At least one victim had to be extricated from the crash, CHP officers said.

MONTEREY COUNTY, CA — Both lanes of state Highway 1 in Moss Landing were blocked for about an hour this morning when a head-on crash left five people injured, including three critically, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash was reported just before 10:30 a.m. in the northbound lane of the highway at Dolan Road, near the inner channel of the Old Salinas River.

At least one victim had to be extricated from the crash, CHP officers said. The three victims with critical injuries were transported to Natividad Medical Center, about 15 miles away in Salinas, CHP officers said.
The roadway was reopened just after 11:30 a.m.

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