Crime & Safety
Driver Killed After Hitting Truck On I-80
The tractor-trailer was parked on the right shoulder, according to the CHP in the Solano area.
SOLANO COUNTY, CA – An Idaho man died when his vehicle crashed into a parked tractor-trailer on Interstate Highway 80 near Vallejo early Saturday morning, California Highway Patrol officials said today.
The 29-year-old man from Kooskia, Idaho, was driving a Chevrolet Cobalt west on Highway 80 just east of American Canyon Road in unincorporated Solano County around 2:50 a.m. when he turned to the right and struck the tractor-trailer parked on the right shoulder, according to the CHP.
The driver suffered fatal injuries, and investigators do not yet know if alcohol or drugs contributed to the crash.
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According to the Solano County coroner's office, the man's identity will not be released unless his next of kin are notified.
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