California
59-vehicle pile up in foggy conditions closed major California highway for hours
A 59-vehicle pile-up shut down a main California highway Saturday morning as fog severely limited visibility.
The crash happened on Highway 99, nearly 40 miles north of Bakersfield, in Tulare County. The area, located in California’s Central Valley, is known as a top producer of agriculture.
CHP officers said there was an initial crash on each side of the highway, which was followed by a series of other crashes, with 59 vehicles involved in total.
Fog limited visibility in the area to about 150-200 feet, the CHP said.
The highway was closed in both directions until about 2:30 p.m. as crews worked to clear the scene. It’s a major highway that stretches the entire length of the Central Valley.
Officials said multiple people suffered minor to moderate injuries.
The CHP said drivers should slow down, increase their following distance and remain alert, especially in low-visibility or congested areas.
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Cellphone footage appears to capture the driver of a moving Tesla snoozing behind the wheel on a Southern California highway Sunday.
The incident, according to the motorist who recorded the footage and sent it to KTLA, occurred in the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton.
In the footage, the driver’s head appears tilted to the right as the vehicle, likely in self-driving mode, traveled down the roadway. Occupants of the vehicle who spotted the sleepy driver can be heard laughing during the ordeal.
The video ends before the driver’s apparent nap does.
This is not the first time Tesla drivers have been caught mid-snooze. As far back as February 2023, video obtained by KTLA showed two separate drivers sleeping behind the wheel in the span of a week, one in Los Angeles and the other in Temecula.
More recently, KTLA’s San Francisco sister station KRON obtained footage of an East Bay driver apparently asleep behind the wheel of a Tesla Model 4 while on Highway 4 in March.
Per Tesla’s guidelines, drivers using the vehicle’s Full Self-Driving mode are required to remain attentive and ready to take control of the car at any moment.
In past incidents, the California Highway Patrol told KTLA that drivers must be awake, conscious and sober to legally operate a moving vehicle.
There have been arrests of drivers filmed sleeping in moving Teslas, though it is unclear whether witnesses in this incident contacted authorities.
The electric vehicle maker has been at the center of numerous controversies but remains the top-selling brand in California for the fourth year in a row. The Tesla Model Y far outsold any other new vehicle in the state in 2025.
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