Valley Springs, CA…Yesterday evening at about 10:30pm a 17 year old San Andreas woman was traveling eastbound on State Route 12, east of Double Springs Rd. A 58 year old Valley Springs man was traveling westbound on State Route 12, east of Double Springs Rd. She allowed her Nissan Maxima to drift into the westbound traffic lane, directly into the path of his Dodge pickup. The Nissan and Dodge collided head on. The Maxima came to rest within the eastbound lane and the pickup rolled onto its right side in the middle of the roadway.

The driver of the pickup was flown to Doctors Medical Center in Modesto and the driver of the Maxima was taken to Mark Twain Medical Center both with major injuries.

Two other passengers in the pickup were taken to Mark Twain Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries.

Drugs and/or alcohol is not believed to be a contributing factor in this collision.