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A motorcyclist was hospitalized with a broken leg after crashing into a container truck. He was weaving in and out of traffic when he got his front tire stuck in the left rear of the truck. The truck's driver, Ren Kong, 60, reported he never saw the rider and only pulled over when he heard what sounded like a crash.
One woman was killed in a crash near Cannon Beach and another was rescued after a hitchhiker came across the wreckage.
Police said the car went off of Highway 101 and traveled about 40 feet down an embankment, where it remained for at least 12 hours before the hitchhiker called emergency responders Sunday evening.
The right side of the vehicle had crashed into a tree and the passenger, 23-year-old Ruth A. Delgado of Los Angeles, was killed, according to Oregon State Police.
The two people killed early Saturday morning in a crash off of U.S. Highway 101 in Menlo Park have been identified by the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office as Taufa Toutai Pupunu, 27, of Redwood City and Gaudi Salgado Barrios, 26, of East Palo Alto.
The crash was reported at 1:52 a.m. Saturday on southbound Highway 101 near the Willow Road off-ramp, according to the California Highway Patrol.
CHP officials said Barrios was speeding when she lost control of the car, which struck a tree, launched into the air and struck another tree.
San Francisco police chased an SUV wanted in connection with a Bayview district shooting down Highway 101 on Tuesday night, arresting the driver after a crash near the San Francisco International Airport, authorities said.
A search was still in progress late Tuesday for several occupants who fled from the SUV after the crash, including the shooting suspect, police said.