Tow truck involved in fatal head-on crash on Hwy 108/120. CHP diverts traffic to dirt road
At least one person was killed in Jamestown on Thursday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol’s online incident information page.
Officers responded to a stretch of Highway 108/120 near Rushing Hill Lookout Road, about 10 miles east of Knights Ferry, around 9:15 a.m. Thursday.
The incident summary says a tow truck, hauling another vehicle and traveling west, hit another vehicle head-on. How that happened isn’t clear from the incident page, and the eastbound and westbound lanes of the highway are divided in that stretch.
As of 11:40 a.m., officers were still at the scene, diverting oncoming traffic onto a dirt road, said California Highway Patrol Officer Susan Addleman. Keystone Roadway was entirely blocked off, according to the report. The highway reopened a little before 1 p.m.
At least one party was flown to a Modesto hospital, Addleman said.
At 9:20 a.m. CHP reported the driver of the tow truck was located outside of the vehicle, and the driver of the other vehicle remained inside.
This investigation is ongoing.
