Incredible 150-car pileup shuts down infamous Highway 99 near Fresno

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.m. near Fresno and just north of Bakersfield, fire officials said. 

Photos from the Tulare County Fire Department show what used to be cars reduced to crumpled heaps of metal in between tractor trailers and car parts strewn all over the highway near Earlimart.

Highway 99 in both directions from Avenue 24 to the Kern County line.

The crashes happened along both the northbound and southband lands, near Avenue 24.

Ten people were taken to the hospital for injuries, ABC 30 reported. It’s unclear if anyone was killed.

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CHP estimated that there was between 100 to 200 feet of visibility when the crashes happened.

Highway 99 is infamous for dense-fog pileups like Saturday’s.

On Tuesday, nine people were hospitalized after thick fog caused a 43-care pileup on Highway 58 outside Bakersfield.

Seventeen vehicles collided on Jan. 11 on Highway 99 in Fresno, killing two people, including driver Gustavo Vargas, who was struck after getting out of his car. The other person who was killed was Vargas’ relative, Gloria Rodriguez. A third passenger, Vargas’ wife, was hospitalized after falling 40 feet over a guardrail.

The family was on its way to church at the time, according to a GoFundMe.

The County of Tulare warned drivers to not rely on automatic headlights.

“Because it is not dark headlights and tail lights ARE NOT illuminated and your vehicle is nearly impossible to see,” the county said. “Make sure to manually turn on your headlights so others have a chance to see you.”