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Suspected DUI Driver Arrested After Fatal Four-Vehicle Pileup on U.S. 101

CHP investigators have launched a probe seeking eyewitness accounts to the Highway 101 crash that killed a woman early Sunday

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The California Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that killed a passenger and severely injured a driver Saturday morning in San Francisco.
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Overview

  • The pileup occurred around 2 a.m. on northbound U.S. 101 in East Palo Alto after a suspected DUI driver rear-ended a Toyota RAV4, triggering a chain-reaction collision.
  • Paramedics pronounced the Subaru driver dead and took two Toyota RAV4 occupants with major injuries and the Acura and BMW drivers with minor injuries to Stanford Hospital.
  • The driver of the Acura SUV has been arrested on suspicion of DUI causing injury as the California Highway Patrol continues its crash investigation.
  • Investigators have appealed for witnesses to contact the CHP Redwood City Area Office with any information about the collision.
  • Separate early-morning incidents in Potrero Hill and on southbound I-280 in San Jose left two additional people dead in crashes attributed to unsafe speed and a pedestrian entering the roadway.