Fallen tree on Highway 101 causes fatal crash, Caltrans sued

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Fallen tree on Highway 101 causes fatal crash, Caltrans sued
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A “decayed and diseased” Douglas fir fell onto the road and caused several crashes on May 10, 2021.

The state of California faces a wrongful death lawsuit from the daughter of a Humboldt County man who died in a car crash on Highway 101,According to the lawsuit filed by law firm Baum, Hedlund, Aristei and Goldman, the father, Ruben Sepulveda, crashed after a “decayed and diseased” Douglas fir fell onto the road and caused several crashes on May 10, 2021. He died weeks later of his injuries.

It alleges that California — specifically Caltrans and California State Parks — failed to maintain the section of U.S. Highway 101 near Redcrest in Humboldt Redwood State Park where the massive Douglas fir fell onto the road. “When it fell, it fell across the entirety of the 101 freeway blocking travel late at night when there was no moon. What we’re suggesting is, when people drive up the 101 freeway, it shouldn’t be a crapshoot whether they’re going to make it or not, that a tree could just have fallen over and created a really serious danger for everybody,” Timothy Loranger, one of the plaintiff’s attorneys, told the Times-Standard.

. The claim says Bigley was killed after being hit by Caltrans machinery that was “negligently and/or recklessly operated.”

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