TULARE COUNTY, Calif (KSEE/KGPE)- The California Highway Patrol reported a major multi-vehicle collision involving 59 vehicles on Highway 99 near Earlimart on Saturday. CHP said the incident began around 8:20 a.

Dense fog sparked a horrific 150-car pileup Saturday morning along an infamous Central Valley freeway that just had two crashes in recent weeks due to poor visibility. The shocking smash-up happened along a stretch of Highway 99 just after 8:15 a.

A woman and her mother were injured after becoming trapped in the massive 59-car pileup on Highway 99 early Saturday morning while traveling from Oxnard to the Central Valley.

Katrina Saldivar was among those caught behind the 59-vehicle pileup on Highway 99 in Tulare County. She said she realized something was wrong when traffic suddenly came to a stop.

Highway 99 in Tulare County was shut down in both directions Saturday morning following a 59-vehicle fog-related collision. The closure stretches from Avenue 24 south of Earlimart to three miles south to the Kern County line, affecting both northbound and southbound lanes, authorities said. The crash was reported at 8:16 a.m.