Tesla Crosses Double Yellow Line In 4-Vehicle Altamont Pass Crash

LIVERMORE, CA — Altamont Pass Road was closed for several hours Friday morning following a head-on crash involving two cars and two semi-trucks, according to the California Highway Patrol.

At around 6:19 a.m. CHP received reports of a head-on crash involving four vehicles at Altamont Pass Road, according to the CHP incident log.

A blue Tesla 3 traveling westbound on Altamont Pass Road traveled over double yellow lines, according to CHP Officer Tyler Hahn. The car collided head-on with a tractor-trailer truck traveling eastbound. The truck tried to avoid the crash, but was unable to. After the collision, the big rig veered left, and a Toyota Camry collided with its side.

After the Tesla hit the truck, it spun across the eastbound lanes and struck an unoccupied dump truck that had been disabled on the shoulder.

At around 6:31 a.m., responders confirmed that one person was trapped in a Tesla, but appeared conscious. Firefighters worked to extricate the person. No one else was believed to be trapped inside the vehicles, according to the log. A helicopter was dispatched to the scene. The driver of the Tesla, a Stockton resident, was transported to Eden Medical Center with moderate injuries, Hahn said. The big rig driver had a minor complaint-of-pain injury.

Photos posted to Instagram show a Tesla whose front has been completely destroyed and “broken into multiple pieces”, and a truck that careened off the road and lost its front tires. The log also says that the white Toyota had a broken right-front axle.

At 6:39 a.m., CHP issued an alert saying that all lanes of Altamont Pass west of Carroll Road were blocked. The road was reopened at 9:39 a.m.

At 6:39 a.m., CHP issued an alert saying that all lanes of Altamont Pass west of Carroll Road were blocked. The road was reopened at 9:39 a.m.

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