A 43-year-old Oakland man is dead after his Porsche coupe veered off northbound Highway 101 near Mallory Canyon Road in Prunedale, slammed into a concrete wall, then struck a tree. The crash happened at 9:25 p.m. on September 5, and the man later died from his injuries after being taken to a Bay Area hospital.
According to the Bay Area News Group, the California Highway Patrol said the man was driving northbound when he veered to the left before his Porsche left the roadway, hit the concrete wall and then the tree. The crash was a solo-vehicle incident, and the cause remains under investigation. CHP has said it does not yet know whether drugs or alcohol played a role.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact CHP at 831-770-8000. The agency’s Monterey Area office, which is investigating the case, is stationed at 960 East Blanco Road in Salinas under the CHP Coastal Division.
A Corridor With a History of Deadly Crashes
The stretch of Highway 101 running through Prunedale north of Salinas was once known as “Blood Alley” before the Prunedale Improvement Project redesigned roughly nine miles of the corridor to eliminate dangerous left turns and add overpasses, as detailed by Monterey County Now. The project targeted dangerous left turns, while this crash involved impacts with a wall and tree…