1 Dead, 2 Officers Injured In Separate I-80 Crashes Overnight

FAIRFIELD, CA — Two separate traffic collisions along Interstate Highway 80 in Solano County on Tuesday night ended in one fatality and two injured California Highway Patrol officers.

Shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday, a 19-year-old man from San Pablo reportedly lost control of his 2007 Honda Civic while driving on eastbound I-80 near Air Base Parkway in Fairfield, crashing into another driver, according to the CHP's Solano-area office.

The 19-year-old, who has not been identified, was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Just before midnight, a 22-year-old man from Sacramento drove his Tesla into several lanes near Air Base Parkway that were shut down by CHP officers. The driver struck one patrol vehicle with two officers inside, the CHP said in a statement.

Both officers were sent to a hospital in Fairfield for treatment and later released. The 22-year-old driver was not injured. According to the CHP, investigators do not know if he was using the car's self-driving feature.

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