Accident Closes Highway 25 Monday morning - Benitolink: San Benito County News

A vehicle that crossed the double yellow line on Highway 25 near the San Benito/Santa Clara County line is believed to have caused an accident that left the vehicles in flames and forced the closure of the heavily traveled commuting route for an... The CHP said a witness indicated that a black vehicle -- later identified as a 1967 Camaro driven by a 41-year-old Hollister resident -- appeared to make a U-turn in front of a 1994 Acura Legend and caused the collision. Witness Yesenia Perez Casas posted on Facebook that "I witnessed this horrible accident on highway 25 this morning. The Hollister man had moderate injuries and was airlifted to a San Jose hospital, according to the CHP. Within 10 minutes, the CHP reported that both vehicles were fully engulfed in flames and that Hwy. At that time of the morning, the northbound direction -- in particular -- is busy because of the thousands of San Benito County commuters heading to the Bay Area for work. At one point, the CHP reported that a tow truck heading to the scene was stuck in traffic behind a long line of vehicles. Source: benitolink.com