On Wednesday, July 1, 2020, the Vallejo Police Department (VPD) issued a press release encouraging residents to avoid driving while impaired. VPD released the statement in anticipation of the Fourth of July weekend as part of an effort to cut down on the number of projected car accidents during the holiday.
On Tuesday, June 30, 2020, a fiery car crash took place off of Highway Interstate 80 in Davis. According to information from California Highway Patrol (CHP), the accident involved a single passenger vehicle and ignited a brush fire on the southern end of the city.
Redding is the second-largest Californian city north of Sacramento. This means that people from many different areas of Northern California travel to Redding for business and that there’s a considerable amount of local traffic. This contributes to Redding’s unique and lively community, but a lot of traffic means a high chance of auto accidents, and, tragically, collisions are sometimes deadly. In Redding, certain locations have seen more fatal accidents than others.
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Two people lost their lives as the result of a Solano County crash that took place on Monday, June 15, 2020. The two decedents were identified by the Solano County Sheriff’s Office as Michael and Fely Pascua, a 72-year-old and 71-year-old couple from Alameda. The accident happened on Highway 505 north of Vacaville near the Solano/Yolo border. The cause of the crash is still under an active California Highway Patrol (CHP) investigation.
Several local government agencies reported that they would be conducting prescribed burns in south Vacaville as part of a week-long wildfire response training program. The Vacaville Fire Department (VFD) indicated that the exercises would begin on Monday, June 15, 2020, and continue throughout the week until Saturday. VFD indicated that the training exercises would be conducted on state-owned property behind the prison complex off Foxboro road.
On Saturday, May 23, 2020, one person suffered major trauma during a Napa ATV Accident. California Highway Patrol (CHP) responded to the accident and identified the injured individual as a 14-year-old girl and resident of Napa. While four other people were involved in the accident, no other serious injuries were reported.
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) reported injuries after a rollover crash on Highway 120 near Stockton, CA, on May 21, 2020. The car accident occurred on eastbound SR-120 near the Main Street onramp shortly after 4:30 a.m. The collision involved two small sedans, one of which was described as a Scion HB and had rollover damage. The incident caused the No. 2 lane and part of the No.1 lane to be blocked while awaiting the arrival of emergency crews and tow trucks. One of the parties was found outside of their vehicle and on the ground, according to the CHP. Minor injuries were reported by first responders. Details surrounding the cause of the accident and the sequence of events leading up to it were not immediately released by officials.
A major injury crash in Redding sent two people to the hospital on Friday, May 15, 2020. According to information from the Redding Police Department (RPD), this accident involved two vehicles and happened in the morning on a highway within the city. Police also indicated that one of the hospitalized individuals suffered major injuries during the accident.
A woman was killed, and several others were injured after a car accident near Kingsburg, CA, in Fresno County on the night of May 14, 2020. The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. on southbound Highway 99 in the vicinity of Sierra Street. An 18-year-old Ivanhoe woman reportedly lost control of her 2006 Honda and crashed into the median wall, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP). Two drivers, identified as a 24-year-old Visalia man and a 28-year-old Fresno man, were approaching the scene of the initial collision and were unable to avoid the woman’s vehicle. The two oncoming cars crashed into her. The drivers of the two other cars and two children sustained minor injuries after the Kingsburg crash, the CHP said. It is unknown whether they were taken to a local hospital for treatment. The Ivanhoe woman was extricated from her vehicle and transported via air ambulance to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno for treatment of catastrophic injuries. Sadly, she was pronounced deceased during hospitalization. Officials have not yet released her name due to pending notification of her family members.
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