Murphys, CA…Utica Grade Collision Takes Life of 35 Year Old Bakersfield Man and Injures Many More. Details are below…

AT 1528 HOURS PARTY #1 WAS DRIVING A TOYOTA CAMRY WESTBOUND ON SR-4 APPROACHING UTICA POWER HOUSE RD AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. PARTY #2 WAS DRIVING A TOYOTA TUNDRA TRAVELING EASTBOUND IN THE EAST BOUND LANE AT ABOUT 45 MPH.

FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON, VEHICLE #1 VEERED OFF THE ROADWAY ONTO THE NORTH DIRT SHOULDER, AND THEN VEERED BACK ONTO THE ROADWAY, ACROSS THE WESTBOUND LANE, INTO THE EASTBOUND LANE AND INTO THE PATH OF VEHICLE #2 WHERE THE LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE #1 COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH VEHICLE #2.

THE DRIVER OF VEHICLE #1 SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND AND BOTH PASSENGERS WERE INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO MODESTO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. THE DRIVER OF VEHICLE #2 SUSTAINED INJURIES AND WAS ALSO TRANSPORTED TO MODESTO MEMORIAL. 3 JUVENILES WERE ALSO IN VEHICLE #2 AND SUSTAINED MINOR INJUIRES. THEY WERE PICKED UP AND TRANSPORTED BY FAMILY AT THE SCENE.

FATIGUE AND/OR DISTRACTED DRIVING MAY BE A FACTOR IN THIS COLLISION. ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUGS IS NOT SUSPECTED. IN THIS COLLISION.