A motorist whose vehicle was initially disabled on U.S. Highway 101 in Palo Alto was killed early Friday after being struck by two other vehicles, the California Highway Patrol said.
Officer Sophie Lu of the CHP’s Redwood City office said that at 2:52 a.m., a driver of a red Hyundai SUV called authorities after hitting something on northbound Highway 101, just north of the San Antonio Road on-ramp , which damaged the vehicle.
Lu said that a few minutes after the motorist called for help, two other vehicles hit the SUV.
The driver of the SUV was pronounced dead, Lu said. Each of the two other vehicles had only one occupant, neither of whom was injured.
The northbound lanes of the highway near the ramp were closed due to the crash, the CHP said.
Further details about the crash were not immediately available.
