Ten of those accidents were fatal, resulting in 19 deaths. Even if that vehicle was traveling at freeway speed, it would have been hard to see,' says Officer Diaz.Īccording to the CHP, this is the 25th accident involving a wrong-way driver here in the Bay Area. 'It does kind of go up on a crest, and a slight right turn. Officer Diaz says it's possible that the taxi may not have seen the other car given how the highway curves in that area. It is very possible it could've been traveling for quite some time,' said CHP Officer Bert Diaz. 'We did get multiple calls with multiple locations Northbound 101 at the 280 split. Officers knew there was someone driving the wrong way but couldn't catch up to the car. The taxi cab was hit head-on by a Volkswagen Cabrio going the wrong way on northbound Highway 101, north of Candlestick just past Paul Avenue. A married couple from the Chicago area were killed in a wrong-way crash in San Francisco while they rode in a taxi.
