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A three-vehicle crash injured eight people on the northbound Highway 101 in Ventura on Tuesday morning, according to authorities.
The Ventura County Fire Department and California Highway Patrol responded to the accident at Highway 101 near Johnson Drive at 7:50 a.m.
The accident included three vehicles with “heavy damage” and “eight patients,” according to Capt. Brian McGrath of the Ventura County Fire Department.
The left lane of northbound Highway 101 was reported blocked by a gray sedan with major rear damage and a pickup truck with moderate front end damage at 7:59 a.m., according to CHP reports. Information on the third vehicle was not readily available.
Firefighters launched a rescue operation in Upper Ojai Sunday afternoon after a motorcycle crash sent a rider off the road along the Dennison Grade.
The accident was reported around 2 p.m. on Highway 150, also known as Ojai Road, south of Dennison Park, according to Ventura County Fire Department and California Highway Patrol reports. The incident took place near the Lion Canyon Creek bridge, reports showed.
Firefighters at the scene said the rider was about 20 feet vertically down over the side of the bridge, radio traffic indicated. A Ventura County Sheriff s helicopter responded for a possible hoist rescue.
As of about 2:30 p.m., crews at the scene said they needed to shut the highway in both directions for the rescue. Firefighters said the patient would be transported to the hospital by air.