A Paso Robles woman was killed Saturday after her Harley-Davidson motorcycle collided with a vehicle driven by a man from Santa Maria on Highway 101 north of Buellton.Â
Nicole Grantham, 31, died after suffering major injuries from a collision with a 2005 Volkswagen near the intersection of Highway 101 and Jonata Park Road shortly before noon, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Keith Rogers.Â
The collision occurred after the Volkswagen, driven by 73-year-old Leslie Leaney, crossed the southbound lanes of Highway 101 eastbound via Jonata Park Road and stopped briefly before entering the northbound lanes.Â
After turning left onto Highway 101 from Jonata Park Road, Leaney proceeded northbound in the left lane but crossed over into the right lane and directly into the path of Grantham s 2017 Harley-Davidson, according to Rogers.Â
CHP identifies Paso Robles woman killed in crash near Buellton
December 22, 2020
By JOSH FRIEDMAN
The California Highway Patrol has identified Nicole Grantham, 31, of Paso Robles as the motorcyclist who died after colliding with a vehicle on Highway 101 near Buellton on Saturday.
Shortly before noon, Grantham was riding a 2017 Harley Davidson northbound on Highway 101 south of Jonata Park Road while Leslie Leaney, 73, of Santa Maria was driving a Volkswagen eastbound on Jonata Park Road, where it intersects with the highway.
Leaney crossed southbound traffic and stopped within the center median prior to entering northbound Highway 101. Leaney then turned onto the highway and crossed from lane one to lane two, directly in Grantham’s path. Grantham’s motorcycle hit the rear of the Volkswagen.
Nichole Grantham, 31, of Paso Robles was critically injured in collision at Jonata Road
A Calstar helicopter waits to airlift a critically injured motorcycle rider to the hospital on Saturday after a collision on Highway 101 near Buellton. The rider, Nicole Grantham, 31, of Paso Robles, later succumbed to her injuries. (Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo) By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully | UPDATED 9:10 a.m.
December 21, 2020
| 9:27 p.m.
A Paso Robles woman riding a motorcycle died Saturday, hours after colliding with a vehicle on Highway 101 near Buellton, according to the California Highway Patrol.
At approximately noon, emergency personnel from the CHP and the Santa Barbara County Fire Department were dispatched to crash north of Jonata Road, CHP Officer Keith Rogers said.