Tag: Coast Gallery

Vehicle over the Edge JSO of Lucia and Fire at Coast Gallery (separate incidents)

At 7:45 pm, highway one was shut down to facilitate recovery of the vehicle from the cliff.

From CHP: CHP reports this as a fatality, once they were able to reach the driver.

Detail Information4:09 PM12[22] A27-014 THE WITN 1097 W/ 14 AT THE SCENE4:05 PM11[20] [Notification] [CHP]-WHEN H70 COMES UP ON THE AIR, REQ ETA FOR MTRY COM4:01 PM10[18] 2 CUSTOMERS AT GORDA WHALE WATCHERS CAFE WITN THE TC 4:01 PM9[17] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 CALIF W/HVY DUTY3:59 PM8[15] REQ 1185 EVID HVY DUTY3:59 PM7[14] [Notification] [CHP]-SALCOMM TRANS RP OVER WHO WITN TC, WAS TAKING PICS AND SAW A SMALL RED VEH HEADING NB HEARD SCREETCHING THEN VEH HIT A SIGN AND WENT DOWN, POSS A FORD MUST OR HOND, VEH APPEARED TO HAVE HIT DIRT AND LOST CONTROL RP STATED A VEH FULL OF XRAYS WAS CAME CLOSE TO BEING INV3:58 PM6[12] POSS 1144 ONE SUBJ EJECT / VEH APPX 300 FT DOWN ON THE BEACH3:49 PM5[11] 1039 S13:47 PM4[8] PER MTRY COM, RESCUE TEAM ENRT 3:32 PM3[5] VEH MAY HAVE GONE DOWN APPROX 200 FT3:32 PM2[4] SEV VEHS PULLED OVER ON RS, NOT INV3:31 PM1[2] VEH OVER THE SIDE Unit Information3:33 PM2Unit Assigned3:33 PM1Unit Enroute

Was reported to me as at Coast Gallery, and only 10×10′ spot. Now how did that get started? I’ve been in town south, so a tad slow on this, but windy as heck up here at Peidras Blancas.

03/31/2015 13:40 LPF-788
 Grimes Wildfire MM 1 41.1 M . 7EDW1 BC11LPF PAT18LPF Q Steve Dean Effective 15:48, 03/31/2015 Pompus grass .1 36.205 x 121.736

Slide at Grimes Point near Coast Gallery

2:00 pm – this slide has been removed from the CHP website.

This from CHP:

Detail Information
1:13 PM 2 [10] [Notification] [CHP]-CT ADV 2ND CITZ REPORT OF SLIDE AT GRIMES PT – CT PERSONNEL (5151) FOR THE DOT RADIO, TWO CT PESONNEL ENRT ETA 20 MINS
12:25 PM 1 [1] VERY LARGE BOULDERS BLOCKING NB LANE

This is just the beginning, and all motorists should avoid Highway One at night, if at all possible. With all the rain expected by Christmas, we could easily have a longer closure in our future!

Cliff rescue

Around noon this afternoon, a cliff rescue was underway near the Coast Gallery. Apparently, a tourist had fallen down the cliff while taking photographs. Around 12:30, rescuers were speaking with the individual, but hadn’t gotten that person up the side of the cliff. I have no information about the nature of any injuries.

Please be aware when visiting our coast, that climbing on our rocks on the side of the road is ill-advised. Mountain Goats and Condors excepted. It is usually a v-e-r-y long way down.

Thanks Allan Groves for the eyewitness account.