Four-Year-Old Among Trauma Victims in 101 Accident

A four-year-old girl was among six Gilroy residents who were in an SUV when the driver lost control and crashed on northbound Highway 101 Thursday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The vehicle, a 1995 Ford Explorer, veered off the roadway and “collided into a fence, then rolled onto its roof in a ditch just east of US-101” at approximately 11:20 a.m., said the CHP.

Authorities blocked northbound traffic just south of Tennant Avenue for 40 minutes to allow an air ambulance to land, they said.

The driver, a 28-year-old female Gilroy resident, received moderate injuries including lacerations and was transported to Regional Medical Center in San Jose.

A 30-year-old male passenger received major trauma including lacerations and internal injuries. An air ambulance took him to a trauma center, while a ground transport took the four-year-old female passenger after she received major injuries including head trauma.

A 26-year-old male passenger received undisclosed major injuries and was taken to Stanford hospital, said the CHP.

A one-year-old female passenger was uninjured but taken to a hospital as a precaution, and an 18-year-old female had minor injuries and was not transported.

No arrests were made after the incident, according to the CHP, and the cause of the collision is still under investigation.