Photo by Michael Woodward
Photo by Michael Woodward
Christopher McCray, 29, Red Bluff, and Vicky Uchibori, 63, Red Bluff, were evacuated by ambulance with major injuries after a head-on traffic collision on Interstate 5 in Anderson following heavy rains at 1:10 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 11.
McCray said that his blue Honda Accord hydroplaned across the bridge northbound while crossing over Deschutes Road, lost control, and crossed the median further down to strike the southbound Subaru driven by Uchibori, according to Anderson Fire Protection District volunteer Josh Coleman. Both vehicles were occupied only by their respective drivers.
"It's a good thing no one was in the passenger seat," Anderson Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Andy Nichols said of the Subaru, "There's nothing left of it."
Both drivers suffered medium to major injuries, said California Highway Patrol officer Lee Cox.
The Anderson firefighters had just returned from another traffic collision on I-5 that occurred 40 minutes earlier at 12:30 p.m. A vehicle had spun around in front of a motor home pulling a trailer, according to Nichols. He said the mobile home pushed the car along, and there were no injuries involved.
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