Crime & Safety
CHP IDs Man Killed In Collision With Big-Rig On I-80
The motorist died after hitting the truck which was on the side of the roadway with a flat tire, officers said. [Breaking]
SOLANO COUNTY, CA – A Vacaville man died when his 2016 Dodge Dart crashed into the rear of a big-rig trailer on eastbound Interstate Highway 80 on Monday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP identified the driver as 54-year-old Chris White, who was driving east on Highway 80 east of Leisure Town Road in Vacaville around 1:50 p.m. when the Dodge drifted to the south shoulder.
The big-rig, which had a flat tire, was parked well off the road, and the driver had set out orange triangle markers, CHP Officer David Harvey said.
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The front of the Dodge was partially wedged under the rear of the big-rig and it took several hours to remove it, Harvey said.
White was the only person in the Dodge, Harvey said. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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--Bay City News/Image via CHP