MENDOCINO CO., 11/6/26 — A crash at the top of the Willits grade killed at least one person Friday morning and blocked southbound U.S. Highway 101, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP described it as a solo vehicle crash. The agency’s online dispatch log puts the first report at 6:57 a.m., on southbound U.S. 101 south of Willits.
The wreck blocked both southbound lanes for hours.
The CHP, Cal Fire, the Little Lake Fire Protection District, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, Caltrans and Medstar Ambulance responded.
The CHP is investigating. Anyone with information about the crash can call the CHP’s Ukiah-area office at 707-467-4420.