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Head-on car crash on I-8 traps two in Southern California

By Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq.

East County California ? Two motorists were trapped and had to be extricated from their cars Sunday night after a head-on collision east of Alpine on Interstate 8, authorities said.

The accident was reported about 9 p.m. on I-8 west of state Route 79. A 66-year-old woman traveling westbound on I-8 in a 1998 Chevrolet Lumina, going about 75 mph, for unknown reasons drove off the south side of the road through a dirt and grass divide and onto the eastbound lanes of I-8, where her vehicle struck two cars, said California Highway Patrol Brian Pennings.

The woman was trapped in her vehicle until emergency crews could extricate her. She was taken by helicopter to a hospital with a broken right ankle and internal injuries, Pennings said.

A 27-year-old driver also had to be extricated from his 2007 Honda Accord, which was struck head-on by the Lumina. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital after he complained of pain, Penning said. The 34-year-old driver of the second car that was struck by the Lumina wasn?t injured.

All eastbound traffic was shut down at Willows Road after the 9 p.m. crash for about an hour, Pennings said.

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Full post as published by California Personal Injury Law Blog on February 11, 2010 (boomark / email).