A fatal crash and fuel spill snarled traffic on southbound Highway 101 during a holiday weekend getaway commute Friday, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The collision was reported around 11:15 a.m. on southbound Highway 101 north of Blossom Hill Road. Officers arrived and determined that a Honda sedan had entered the highway from Blossom Hill Road and drove north in the southbound lanes before colliding with a big-rig, CHP officials said.
The Honda driver, a 22-year-old San Jose man, was ejected from his vehicle and died at the scene. The 43-year-old big-rig driver was uninjured, but the big-rig spilled diesel fuel as a result of the collision. Some entered the dirt center divider though emergency crews were able to contain it, according to the CHP.
The two left lanes of southbound Highway 101 are expected to remain closed for "several hours" while authorities investigate the crash and clean it up, the CHP said late Friday afternoon.
Anyone who witnessed the collision or has any information about it is asked to call the CHP's San Jose-area office at (408) 961-0900.
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