ON 09/19/2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:57PM, DAVIID BROOKS (PARTY #1) WAS DRIVING A GREEN/GRAY SUBARU OUTBACK (VEHICLE#1) NORTHBOUND ON US-395, SOUTH OF GILL STATION COSO ROAD IN THE #1 LANE AND AT AN APPROXIMATE SPEED OF 70-75 MILES PER HOUR. FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON, PARTY #1 POSSIBLY FELL ASLEEP AND VEERED VEHICLE #1 TO THE LEFT, COLLIDING INTO TWO PADDLE MARKERS. SUBSEQUENTLY, PARTY #1 OPENED HIS EYES AND REACTED BY TURNING HIS VEHICLE’S STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. VEHICLE #1 COLLIDED INTO A BARBED WIRE FENCE BEFORE ROLLING OVER ONTO ITS’ ROOF INTO THE COSO JUNCTION REST STOP.

PARTY #1 SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO SOUTHERN INYO HOSPITAL BY THE LONE PINE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THIS CRASH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE CHP.


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