Driver watching YouTube crashes into CHP car on Highway 101
A distracted driver who was watching YouTube videos on his phone crashed into the back of a California Highway Patrol vehicle in San Mateo, authorities said.The incident occurred last week on northbound Highway 101, according to the CHP’s Redwood City division.Officers had responded to a three-vehicle crash and placed flares around the scene as they worked to clear the roadway.Authorities said a white pickup truck drove straight through the flare pattern and slammed into the back of a parked CHP patrol car. An officer had been standing next to the vehicle seconds before the crash but was able to move out of the way in time.The driver of the pickup was not injured. He told officers he was changing YouTube videos on his phone and did not see the flares or the lights on the patrol car, CHP said."Thankfully our officers had great officer safety awareness and were watching oncoming traffic!," CHP Redwood City said in a statement.
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