Crime & Safety
DUI Suspected In Wrong-Way Crash On Hwy 29 In Napa County: CHP
Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a head-on collision at Tower Road that left two people trapped in their cars, according to the CHP.
NAPA COUNTY, CA — A Vallejo woman is suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol as she went the wrong way early Sunday on state Highway 29 near Middleton, causing a head-on collision that landed both she and the other driver in a hospital, according to the California Highway Patrol.
At about 2:08 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, 36-year-old Kayla Nicole Kim Clark was driving a 2015 Chevy Malibu southbound in the No. 1 lane of northbound SR-29 at Tower Road and collided head-on with a 2019 Kia Forte sedan traveling northbound in the same lane, Napa Area CHP officials said in a news release.
Both Clark and the other driver — a 48-year-old Napa man — became trapped inside their cars and had to be extricated from the wreckage by firefighters with the American Canyon Fire Department, CHP officials said.
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Both drivers suffered major injuries and were taken by AMR ambulances to Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa.
"Alcohol is believed to be a factor in this collision," CHP officials said, noting that Clark was placed under arrest while hospitalized.
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