Crime & Safety

6 Injured After Car Rolls Down Embankment In Livermore

A "horrible" crash injured six people, with two patients air lifted to area hospitals after a vehicle rolled 600 feet down an embankment.

Six people were injured in a two-car collision that sent one vehicle tumbling 600 feet down an embankment in Livermore on Friday night, authorities said.
Six people were injured in a two-car collision that sent one vehicle tumbling 600 feet down an embankment in Livermore on Friday night, authorities said. (Alameda County Fire Department )

LIVERMORE, CA — Six people were injured in a two-car collision that sent one vehicle tumbling 600 feet down an embankment in Livermore on Friday night, authorities said.

CHP officers and Alameda County firefighters responded to reports of a crash at Del Valle Road at 11:27 p.m. on Friday.

Two people were air lifted to area hospitals and four others were taken to trauma centers by ambulance, the Alameda County Fire Department said. One person was trapped in a vehicle and had to be extricated after crews stabilized the car.

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"Strong work with a horrible situation," California Highway Patrol's Golden Gate Division Air Operations wrote in a Facebook comment.

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