San Andreas, CA…Yesterday about 1pm west of the Hwys 12 & 49 intersection a 25 year old Idaho woman was traveling westbound on State Route 12 west of State Route 49. A 75 year old Valley Springs woman was traveling eastbound on State Route 12. The Idaho woman allowed her Toyota pickup to drift completely into the eastbound traffic lane, directly in the path of the oncoming Mercury driven by the Valley Springs woman. The Toyota and Mercury collided head on, completely in the eastbound traffic lane. The pickup came to rest within the eastbound lane and the Mercury rolled off the south side of the roadway. Both parties were trapped in their vehicles until they were extracted by fire department personnel and transported to trauma centers. The roadway was completely blocked for approximately 1 hour with detours in place.

The Idaho woman was flown to Doctors Medical Center and the Valley Springs woman was flown to Memorial Hospital. Both of the involved suffered major injuries.

Drugs and/or alcohol were not a factor in this collision.