At least one person was injured Friday morning, September 18, 2026, when a motorcycle and a semi truck collided on westbound Interstate 10 in Blythe. The crash was reported shortly before 11:30 a.m. near the Seventh Street off-ramp, closing the fast lane of the freeway as emergency crews responded. Blythe Fire Department personnel and California Highway Patrol officers arrived to find the motorcyclist down in the roadway. The extent of the injuries was not immediately known, and the cause of the collision remains under investigation.
According to MyNewsLA.com, the CHP confirmed at least one person was found injured at the scene, though the extent of the injuries had not been determined at the time of the report. A CHP dispatch log reviewed separately shows the crash was called in at 11:21 a.m. near mile marker 153.1, with the motorcycle and a silver big rig positioned on the right shoulder and the No. 1 lane of westbound I-10 closed. No arrests or citations had been announced as of this report, and CHP said the cause of the crash remained under investigation.