Overview
- The chain-reaction crash began around 8:15 a.m. Saturday on both sides of Highway 99 near Avenue 24, snarling traffic across the median near Earlimart.
- CHP set the official count at 59 vehicles after Tulare County initially estimated up to 150 involved.
- At least 10 people were taken to hospitals with injuries described as minor to moderate, and authorities reported no fatalities.
- The highway was closed in both directions from Avenue 24 to the Kern County line for roughly six hours while crews investigated and towed wreckage.
- Multiple big rigs were part of the pileup, responders from several agencies assisted at the scene, and uninjured motorists were bused to the Tulare Ag Center.