(FOX40.COM) — An Elk Grove man is dead and several others are injured after a head-on crash on Highway 99 Monday morning. • Video Above: What to do if you witness a crash
Around 2:12 a.m., the California Highway Patrol responded to reports of a car crash on Highway 99, south of Hammatt Avenue. When officers arrived at the scene, they determined it to be a three-vehicle head-on crash with one fatality.
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CHP said a 21-year-old Elk Grove man was driving a 2020 Chevrolet Malibu sedan wrong-way northbound when he collided with a 41-year-old San Bernardino man who was driving a 2020 Toyota Camry sedan in the southbound lane at about 65 miles per hour.
For unknown reasons, police said the drivers did not see each other until impact. The front of the Chevrolet collided with the right front of the Toyota. That impact caused the Chevrolet to veer to the left in the direction of a big rig that was traveling in a third lane, southbound.
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The 26-year-old big rig driver was not able to safely stop the big rig to avoid the crash and the Chevrolet hit the truck’s trailer, according to CHP. The driver of the Chevrolet was pronounced dead at the scene. All four occupants of the Chevrolet, ranging from 19 to 21 years of age, were transported to local hospitals for moderate to major injuries…