1 dead, 1 injured in head-on crash on Highway 49 in Amador County

One woman died and another woman was hospitalized after a head-on crash in Amador County, officials said Thursday.

The California Highway Patrol’s Amador division said the collision happened around 1 p.m. along southbound Highway 49 near Highway 16.

A 22-year-old woman from Sacramento was driving a Ford Mustang when she veered off the side of the road, overcorrected and entered into the path of an oncoming Toyota Rav4, driven by a 79-year-old woman from Jackson, the CHP said…

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