CHP Officer Suffers Major Injuries in Head-on Crash with Alleged Drunk Driver

Santa Paula Driver Arrested After Crashing Head-On with CHP Patrol Vehicle on Grimes Canyon Road Saturday Night

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – A 34-year-old driver has been arrested, his 40-year-old passenger suffered major injuries, and an officer is recovering after the impaired driver crashed head-on with a patrol vehicle on Grimes Canyon Road late Saturday night. On Aug. 15, around 11 p.m., a California Highway Patrol-Moorpark Area (CHP) officer was driving southbound The post Santa Paula Driver Arrested After Crashing Head-On with CHP Patrol Vehicle…

CHP officer suffers major injuries in head-on crash with alleged drunk driver

A California Highway Patrol officer was hospitalized with major injuries after an alleged DUI driver crashed into their patrol car in the Grimes Canyon area of Ventura County Saturday. The suspect, 34-year-old Derek Skinner of Santa Paula, was heading northbound on Grimes Canyon Road at about 11 p.m. when his white Chevrolet pickup allegedly crossed [...]

CHP officer, truck driver crash head-on near Bardsdale

An on-duty California Highway Patrol officer and the driver of a pick-up truck crashed head-on late Aug. 15 near Bardsdale. The collision was reported around 11 p.m. on Grimes Canyon Road and sent three people to the hospital, said CHP Officer Ryan Ayers, a spokesman for the Moorpark CHP station. Ayers said the officer was headed southbound while the truck driver, a 34-year-old Santa Paula man, was headed north when the crash happened. The CHP o…