One woman dead in two-vehicle crash on State Route 86 in Imperial County
Dillon Fuhrman
IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA) – The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is investigating a two-vehicle crash which left one woman dead.
According to a press release, the crash happened before 8:00 a.m. Saturday in the area of State Route (SR) 86 and Hoskins Road.
CHP says a 58-year-old man, who was driving a 2009 Dodge Caliber, and a 31-year-old woman, who was driving a 2020 Jeep Gladiator, were both driving southbound on SR 86, south of Hoskins Road, in the second lane when the Jeep approached the rear end of the Dodge.
For reasons unknown, CHP says the front end of the Jeep crashed into the rear end of Dodge, causing both drivers to lose control of their respective vehicles.
CHP says the crash caused the Jeep to overturn before “coming to rest on its wheels” in the second lane of northbound SR 86.
While the driver of the Dodge suffered minor injuries, CHP says the passengers were not injured. However, the driver of the Jeep was pronounced dead at the scene.
CHP says the Imperial County Coroner’s Office responded and took the body, and says while airbags were deployed in the Jeep, airbags were not deployed in the Dodge.
However, everyone else was wearing their seatbelts at the time of the crash.