Amador County – A Martinez woman died during a vehicle collision just south of the Amador/Calaveras over Thanksgiving weekend.

At approximately 8:36 pm on Friday, Margaret Livingston, 66, was traveling southbound on Highway 49 in a 2007 Volvo at what was later determined by the California Highway Patrol to be an unsafe rate of speed.

Another driver in a PT Cruiser was traveling northbound at a stated speed of 35-40 miles per hour.

“Due to (Livingston’s) unsafe speed she placed her vehicle in a locked wheel skid in an effort to slow for the approaching right hand turn in the roadway,” according to the CHP report.

Livingston’s vehicle crossed the double yellow line and entered the opposing northbound lane, where the two vehicles collided head on, causing “traumatic fatal injuries” to Livingston.

Both vehicles subsequently collided with the guardrails, blocking both lanes of traffic.

Valley Springs resident Cindy Reading, the driver of the PT Cruiser, suffered major injuries and was taken to Sutter Roseville Hospital.

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