Three people were hurt following a multi-vehicle traffic collision at an intersection in Phelan on Monday afternoon, November 29, 2021.
The accident transpired at approximately 2:34 p.m. at the intersection of Phelan Road and Johnson Road in Phelan.
A black Nissan Altima sedan ran a red light at the intersection and t-boned the pickup truck. It then crashed into a silver Jeep Renegade SUV, attempting to make a right turn onto Phelan.
Due to the severity of the impact, the sedan overturned. The sedan driver was trapped in the wreckage and extricated by emergency personnel for 25 minutes.
A female passenger in the SUV was critically injured, while a male passenger in the pickup truck sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
The sedan driver and the female SUV passenger were airlifted to an area hospital. Meanwhile, the pickup truck occupant was transported via ground ambulance to the hospital.
Local authorities are further investigating the accident.
Multi-Vehicle Collision Statistics
Traffic safety is an often overlooked but highly important element to living in a community that supports convenient and safe transportation choices, like driving, bicycling, public transit, and walking. Yet, there are thousands of victims of traffic collisions each year in San Bernardino County, many of which were potentially preventable.
Thousands of people are either seriously injured or die due to car accidents in San Bernardino every year.
There were 16,123 people injured or killed in vehicle collisions in San Bernardino County in 2019, the majority of which were fatal car accidents resulting from careless or drunk drivers.
In this case, a multi-vehicle collision occurred. Car accidents can happen in many ways. Multi-vehicle crashes are one of them. Three or more automobiles are typically involved. This type of collision is frequently caused by a “chain reaction,” One car collides with another, perhaps causing the second vehicle to crash with another.
San Bernardino Accident Attorneys for Victims of Multi-Vehicle Collisions
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