According to news reports, a woman and her passenger sustained minor injuries after an accident that left her vehicle in an aqueduct and allegedly involved alcohol in Newcastle Monday afternoon. California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer David Montijo, of the Newcastle Office, said that the accident happened around 1:40pm when the 33-year-old woman was driving her Honda Accord westbound on Interstate 80. The woman claims that her cruise control got jammed just before she reached the Dry Creek Road exit while (read more)
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23
Aug
2011
DUI Accident Leaves Car in Aqueduct, Injures 2
29
Jun
2011
Man Dies in Interstate 80 Car Accident
News sources reported that a San Francisco man died after the car he was in spun out of control and left the freeway east of Vallejo Tuesday afternoon. According to the California Highway Patrol, the as-yet-unidentified 57-year-old man was a passenger in a 1998 Dodge Dakota that was westbound on I-80 in the far lane. It was raining, and the driver lost control of the vehicle, which went off the right side of the road. The truck struck the guardrail (read more)
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21
Jun
2011
Multiple-Vehicle Collision Injures 4 on I-80
News sources reported that a four-vehicle crash injured a woman, her two children and the driver of another vehicle on Interstate 80 in Vacaville Monday night. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Julie Saraiva, a 36-year-old man was traveling westbound on I-80 just east of the I-505 onramp when his black 2004 Acura collided with the rear of a small SUV around 8:20pm. The impact of this collision caused the driver of the Honda CR-V to lose control, coming to (read more)
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13
Jun
2011
Vallejo Crash Snarls Eastbound I-80 Traffic
News sources state that a two-vehicle accident injured several people and slowed eastbound traffic lanes on Interstate 80 in Vallejo Thursday night for about an hour. Vallejo Battalion Chief Pat Dunn reported that Vallejo firefighters responded to the scene of the accident around 9:30pm, where they found a sedan and SUV had collided. Firefighters freed one person from the mangled sedan. The SUV had struck the center divider of the freeway. Four individuals were treated for the injuries they sustained (read more)
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