CHP, Caltrans Respond To Rise In Accidents On Highway 50

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Construction chaos is starring to an summation successful crashes connected Highway 50.

The fig of crashes connected Highway 50 done Sacramento is spiking since operation took over.

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“When I spot the construction, I’m similar present is much traffic, here’s much accidents,” operator Miangel Moore said.

From March to August, the California Highway Patrol responded to astir 360 crashes from Watt Avenue to the Sacramento River connected westbound Highway 50. That’s astir a 70% leap from the aforesaid clip play during 2019.

“People are swerving and much car accidents close determination successful the mediate due to the fact that a batch of radical don’t cognize wherever to go,” explained Moore.

The summation comes during Caltrans’ multi-year “Fix 50” operation project expanding and revamping the highway.

“There is simply a batch much postulation and owed to that, a batch of brainsick driving. Erratic is simply a bully mode to picture it,” operator Laiyoni Powe said.

Angela DaPrato with Caltrans said little 55 mile-per-hour velocity limits, restriping to alert drivers of lane changes and added reflectors inactive haven’t slowed cars down.

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“A batch of radical are traveling implicit 55 miles per hour—in the 80, 70—and we person really seen 95 recently,” DaPrato said. ”We person been trying to bash a batch of precautions, a batch of information measures connected our part, but it truly comes down to motorists and obeying the velocity limits and not being distracted.”

CBS13 wanted to cognize what Caltrans and CHP are doing to assistance trim the fig of crashes.

DaPrato explained the 2 agencies are moving unneurotic to program a “swarm,” wherever an enhanced fig of CHP officers volition beryllium moving to summation enforcement to unit drivers to wage attention.

“Be expected, beryllium warned, CHP volition beryllium ticketing those who are exceeding the 55 miles per hr successful the operation zone,” said DaPrato.

The operation concerns are prompting a informing to drivers: Slow down oregon look the fines.

“Be enactment portion alert. That’s the fig 1 thing. We don’t privation anyone to not spell location to their loved ones,” DePrato said.

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According to DePrato, drivers should expect to spot enhanced enforcement successful the coming weeks.

Velena Jones