LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — A wrong-way driver on Highway 29 near Lakeport on Sunday night caused a wreck that killed two people.
The crash was reported shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday on northbound Highway 29 south of Hill Road.
Initial radio reports said a wrong-way driver had crashed head-on into another vehicle, blocking the northbound lane.
Lakeport Fire, Northshore Fire, Cal Fire, the California Highway Patrol and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded, according to radio traffic.
The first units to arrive on scene reported that two vehicles were involved, there was at least one person trapped and another individual may have been ejected.
A Northshore Fire battalion chief assumed incident command, reporting over the radio that there were a total of four victims.
Incident command asked for two air ambulances to respond to Sutter Lakeside Hospital’s landing zone. One of those was later canceled and the remaining helicopter could not fly because of the weather conditions.
Just before 8:20 p.m., it was reported that northbound Highway 29 was completely shut down.
Central Dispatch confirmed over the air there were two fatalities.
Incident command said two other crash victims were being transported to Sutter Lakeside.
Fire units cleared the scene just before 9 p.m.
More information will be published as it becomes available.
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Wreck involving wrong-way driver kills two
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