LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Two people – one of them an on-duty sheriff's deputy – were injured in a crash on Highway 20 Thursday morning.
The head-on wreck occurred on Highway 20 just west of Bruner Drive – which is located east of the town of Lucerne – just after 10:30 a.m., according to initial radio and California Highway Patrol reports.
The wreck temporarily blocked the highway and, according to reports from the scene, resulted in moderate injuries to two people and major damage to the vehicles – a sheriff's patrol vehicle and a Honda Accord.
The CHP confirmed to Lake County News that one of the injured parties was an on-duty Lake County Sheriff's deputy.
Radio reports indicated that both of the injured individuals were able to get out of their vehicles on their own.
Initially two air ambulances were requested but weather issues ended up in both patients being transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital for treatment, according to radio reports.
Firefighters reported clearing the scene shortly after 11:10 a.m.
The CHP's Clear Lake Area office told Lake County News that a more detailed report on the crash is expected to be issued later today.
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