Two Head-On Collisions In Santa Rosa Send Five To Hospital
SANTA ROSA (CBS SF) -- Five people ended up in the hospital after two head-on collisions on Calistoga Road in Santa Rosa on Tuesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP responded to the first collision at 6:25 a.m. on Calistoga Road near Alpine Road, said CHP Officer Jonathan Sloat. Hugo Martinez, 30, of Santa Rosa, was apparently driving a Honda Prelude at an unsafe speed heading east on Calistoga Road, according to the CHP's preliminary investigation.
As it passed around a curve, the Honda crossed the double yellow lines and came into the path of a Ford Focus driven by Joseph Moug, 46, heading west, Sloat said.
The cars crashed, and the Ford ran off the road and overturned in a creek.
Moug was able to get out of the car, and both drivers were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, according to Sloat.
Martinez was cited for driving without a license, and the road was partially blocked until 8:40 a.m.
At 8:55 a.m., there was another collision on Calistoga Road near St. Helena Road.
A male driver visiting from Australia pulled onto the road and began driving his rented SUV in the left lane, as he would in his native country, Sloat said.
A Ford Mustang heading the opposite way came around a curve and struck the SUV head-on, Sloat said.
The Mustang's driver, Ryan Cervantes, 29, and passenger, Alberto Valencia, 28, were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, as was the driver of the SUV, Sloat said.
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