Wrong-way driver crashes into CHP officers on Sacramento-area freeway
DAVIS — Two California Highway Patrol officers were injured when a wrong-way driver crashed into their vehicle on a Davis freeway, authorities said Wednesday.
Woodland's CHP division said the officers were in the same patrol car and had just finished a traffic stop at around 3 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80, west of Mace Boulevard.
A wrong-way driver headed toward them and crashed into the patrol vehicle as it was still sitting along the shoulder of the freeway.
Both officers suffered minor-to-moderate injuries while the wrong-way driver suffered minor injuries, the CHP said. Both officers were released from the hospital on Wednesday.
It was not yet clear why the driver was in the wrong lanes. The CHP said Thursday that DUi was not a factor.
The number 3 lane of I-80 west of Mace Boulevard was expected to be closed for some time.
This collision was the second Sacramento-area crash of the day involving a CHP vehicle. On Highway 99 in south Sacramento, three vehicles, including a CHP car, were in a crash. Minor injuries were reported, but no one was hospitalized in that crash.