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Driver Crashes Into Caltrans Truck On Highway 101; Worker Suffers Minor Injuries

CHP officers say a driver suffering from a medical emergency swerved erratically on Highway 101 in Ventura County before smashing into a Caltrans truck, injuring a worker.

It happened just after 2 Monday afternoon in Thousand Oaks. 

A car was swerving on the southbound lanes of the freeway for several miles.  CHP officers were following the vehicle when it hit the Caltrans truck.  The worker escaped with minor injuries.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral. 
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