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Driver suspected of DUI in deadly head-on crash on Solano highway

1 killed, 1 injured in Solano County head-on crash
1 killed, 1 injured in Solano County head-on crash 00:23

SOLANO COUNTY — A driver is suspected of a DUI after a head-on crash resulted in the death of another vehicle's driver on a rural Solano County highway, authorities said Tuesday night. 

Both drivers were the only occupants of their vehicles in the crash that happened just before 7:45 p.m. on northbound Highway 113 near Hay Road, the California Highway Patrol Solano said. This is about nine miles south of Dixon on Highway 113.

CHP said Wednesday morning that the driver killed in the crash was a 63-year-old man from Rio Vista. The surviving driver suffered major injuries.

The crash resulted in Highway 113 being closed in both directions between Hay and Fry roads.

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