Motorists left their vehicles as authorities issued a severe traffic alert and urged drivers to take alternate routes.

A dump truck slammed into an overpass on northbound Highway 1 in Santa Cruz County early Monday morning, crumpling an ...

The California Highway Patrol said a big rig crashed into the tow truck, catapulting it over the bridge’s guardrail and into the Sacramento River. The bridge is about 100 feet above the river.

Four people were killed and nine were injured Saturday after an out-of-control pickup truck plunged off the San Diego-Coronado Bridge, plowing into a crowd gathered at a festival below, police said.

A dump truck slammed into an overpass on northbound state Highway 1 in Santa Cruz County early Monday morning, crumpling an ...