Two people suffered injuries after their cars collided on Monday morning, August 24th, in the Glenn County area of California. The car accident report disclosed their names as Loretta Howard, 27, of Orland, and James Yates, 69, of Red Bluff.
The California Highway Patrol said the occurrence took place at the intersection of County Road 9 and First Avenue. The events leading to the collision began with Howard driving a Ford eastbound on CR-9. At the same time, Yates slowed his Chevy down to turn onto the northbound lane of First.
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The female driver then struck the man’s car from behind, leaving him with moderate injuries. Medics conveyed Yates to Enloe Medical Center for treatment. Howard complained of pains, and the CHP said that drugs or alcohol do not seem to have factored in any capacity.
The report did not disclose if the woman got cited for the crash. The investigation is ongoing, and there’s no additional information at this time.
A rear-end is one of the common types of accidents and one of the leading causes of crash-related deaths. Other types of traffic collisions are head-on and broadsided collisions, and they occur when drivers go too fast, run red lights, go off their lane, or weave in and out of traffic.
Investigators often look at the person with the highest liability when a collision occurs to bring a charge recommendation to the District Attorney. Standard charges associated with accidents cover vehicular manslaughter, hit-and-run, driving under the influence, or failure to reduce speed to prevent an accident.
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