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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – One driver was killed and five other people were injured in a three car collision that closed Highway 50 for multiple hours on Thursday July 22.
Around 5 p.m. on Thursday, a driver of a 2006 Saturn was reported to be driving aggressively westbound on US-50 near Tamarack Pines Rd. and Sierra-at-Tahoe Rd. The driver of the Saturn was speeding and unsafely passing other vehicles when they lost control and crossed into the eastbound lane of US-50.
The Saturn drove directly into the path of a 2015 Chevrolet that was traveling eastbound. The Saturn was torn in two pieces as a result of the collision with the Chevrolet.