On the morning of July 8, 2014, California Highway Patrol Officers responded to a multi-car collision on Highway 46 near Shandon, California. According to CAL COAST NEWS, two of the drivers were air lifted from the scene of the three-car collision. The driver a Volkswagen Jetta allegedly crossed over yellow lines to pass then crashed into a Ford Escape, of oncoming traffic, pushing the Escape into an embankment and then hit a Peterbilt truck.

The driver of the Escape was a 65 year old El Monte man, which suffered a broken pelvis. The Jetta driver, a 24 year old of Salinas, suffered minor cuts to her hand and complained of pain to her arm. The truck driver did not suffer any injuries.