How to resolve AdBlock issue? LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Three people were flown to regional trauma centers following a Sunday evening crash near Lower Lake.
The single-vehicle collision was first reported just before 8:30 p.m. on Highway 29 between Hofacker Lane and Murphy Springs Road south of Lower Lake, according to radio reports.
Firefighters arriving at the scene reported over the radio that they had found a vehicle about 30 feet down an embankment and in a creekbed.
The vehicle was reported to have caught fire, with some nearby trees catching fire as well, according to scanner reports.
Radio traffic indicated there were three injured people – including one with burns and one with head injuries.
Highway 29 was shut down entirely for about an hour as firefighters and California Highway Patrol worked at the scene, scanner traffic indicated.
The CHP reported that the crash resulted in major injuries, with firefighters at the scene calling for three air ambulances.
The helicopters transported patients to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, UC Davis Medical Center and Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa County, reports from the scene indicated.
Officials reported that Highway 29 was reopened to one-way traffic just before 10 p.m.
Additional details – including information on the make and model of the vehicle and the names of those involved – were not immediately available.
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