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The California Highway Patrol reported a fatal two-vehicle crash that took place in Bishop last Saturday, at US 395 near Steward Lane.

According to the CHP, at approximately 1:25 p.m., the 64-year-old male driver of a 2005 Toyota Sienna, heading south on US 395 away from Steward Lane, made a sudden left turn across the solid double yellow lines dividing the northbound and southbound lanes of the highway.

Traveling northbound toward Steward Lane at a speed of 45 to 55 miles per hour was a 2024 Kenworth truck whose driver attempted to swerve to the right while applying the brakes to avoid crashing with the Sienna. However, the Sienna struck the front of the Kenworth, and its driver, a resident of Independence, suffered fatal injuries, a CHP media release said.

The 41-year-old driver of the Kenworth and his 51-year-old passenger, both males from Seneca, Mo., suffered minor injuries, the CHP said.

No arrests were made, and the crash is still under investigation by the Bishop Area California Highway Patrol.

Can you imagine what it's like in West Virginia?

And yet the rural resident debts will blame the democrats.

It was quite breezy, but there were helicopters dumping water on it all that day. It seems out now. Because it is so steep, and the wind was blowing West (toward the peak), and the Wheeler Crest rises above treeline, it was always more likely to burn itself out, since the flames were heading uphill, toward the treeline. Dubbed the Crest Fire, it's out now. It was interesting to see it in the early morning when it was still dark out - a strange light up on the Wheeler Crest is a rare thing, and I didn't even realize it was a fire until I zoomed in with my telephoto lens...

Depending on the wind, that's a wildfire in the making

Zane Wach is now in a medically induced coma from the fall on Mount Whitney in the Sierra Nevada mountain range on June 10 that left him with severe head trauma, as well as a broken ankle, finger and pelvis

Hiked up Whitney a long time ago with my then-girlfriend. She got altitude sickness about 2/3 way up, even though we had been careful staying overnight at the halfway point to acclimatize. She couldn't wake up and get out of the tent. Wouldn't eat or drink. I was worried about embolisms. We had to turn and head back down. It was pretty scary.

Read Krakauer's Into Thin Air. You don't want to mess around with altitude.

My god, even if that kid survives that father is going to be traumatized the rest of his life. It has to be so hard not to blame yourself for something like this. :(

This is scary. I had no idea this is a thing. Poor boy. He seems like such a nice kid too. :(

Hallucinations are a serious sign of altitude sickness, specifically high-altitude cerebral edema (HACE), where the brain swells due to a lack of oxygen, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

HACE affects less than 1% of people who reach an altitude of 13,000 to 18,000 feet above sea level.

This is what they didn’t account for. It’s already a rare condition, and one that only a few people will ever find themselves in a situation to discover they have it. Poor guy. I hope he recovers okay.

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