2 dead in fiery I-80 head-on crash involving a big rig
A big-rig driver choking on his lunch on Interstate 80 passed out, veered across the freeway near Davis and slammed head-on into a sedan Thursday, killing the car’s driver and a passenger, authorities said.
Both directions of the freeway were shut down for hours after the crash near Old Davis Road at 10:36 a.m.
The trucker lost consciousness as he choked on his food while driving east on I-80, said Officer Chris Parker, a California Highway Patrol spokesman. His truck swerved to the right, glanced off the guardrail and struck two cars as it veered back to the left, Parker said.
The truck then crashed through the center divide guardrail and struck a westbound BMW head-on, killing the car’s driver and a passenger, Parker said.
The big rig then pushed the car to the westbound shoulder and caught fire.
At some point the trucker’s air passage cleared and he regained consciousness. He escaped with minor to moderate injuries and was being held for questioning by CHP officers.
Investigators have not released his name or the names of the victims in the BMW near the Yolo-Solano County line. The drivers of the other two cars hit by the truck suffered minor injuries.
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