Major injuries in Highway 1 crash between Jensen and Springfield Road

UPDATE (3:32 AM) : A passenger as young as six years old suffered major injuries as a result of a violent collision between Jensen and Springfield Road on Highway 1.

CHP responded to reports of a two car collision at around 7 on Sunday evening. In a report this morning the CHP says they found at least 9 people who were in need of transport to area hospitals for various injuries.

Three people suffered major injuries, with a 6 year old girl found with what CHP described as a “laceration to head.”

In its preliminary report, CHP says the driver of the Honda Pilot was traveling north on Highway 1 when for some reason the vehicle drifted into the southbound lane and collided with a Chrysler Pacifica.

As of early Monday morning CHP have not arrested anyone as a result of the accident.

They also don’t believe alcohol was a factor in this collision.

Juvenile passengers were located in each vehicle, one of which was a six month old and a three year old who were not injured.

Crews were able to extricate passengers and had much of the area closed off to traffic for about an hour.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE:

A two car collision caused major injuries and shut down Highway 1 at Jensen Road, north of Moss Landing, Sunday night.

California Highway Patrol says the accident happened at around 7 p.m., with closures lasting for about an hour. The crash was in the southbound lanes.

The CHP confirms with KION that multiple people were injured, and patients had to be transported to area hospitals by air and ground ambulances.

There was also another crash shortly after the first, in the northbound lanes. CHP says there were minor injuries.

UPDATE (11/18, 8:00 p.m.): CHP says Northbound lanes are now open. Southbound lanes remain closed.

Highway Patrol also reports a second accident at the same location, after the initial crash. There were no injures in the second crash.

INITIAL REPORT: The California Highway Patrol says a crash on Sunday night has closed Highway 1 in both directions at Jensen Road, between the City of Watsonville and Moss Landing.

The highway was closed as of 7:04 p.m., Sunday.

There is no time estimate for the highway to reopen.