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Gold Country CHP airlifts auto-accident victim
Rebecca O Neil | roneil@theunion.com
A car driving westbound on Interstate 80 near Nyack Road veered off the highway and hit a tree around 7:55 a.m. Thursday, the California Highway Patrol said.
A Ford Escape was going “pretty fast,” around 80 mph, when the vehicle veered off the road and hit a nearby tree. The female driver went through the dashboard window upon impact. The Elk Grove resident sustained major injuries and was airlifted to a regional hospital, Officer Robert Schmidt said.
A witness on the scene reported the crash, he added.
Scmidt said the cause of the wreck has been determined to be drunken driving.
One person is dead and others injured in a Wednesday crash on Interstate 80, authorities said.
A witness at the scene said a black Ford pickup headed eastbound on I-80, near the Gold Run rest stop, was going 90 to 100 miles per hour when it veered to the right, off the road, said Officer Robert Schmidt, of the Gold Run California Highway Patrol office.
“Hit a sign, hit a couple smaller trees and then two big trees that stopped it in its place,” he added.
The right, front passenger died on scene, Schmidt said.
The driver was critically injured and transported via air ambulance to Sutter Roseville Medical Center.
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