Two people
were killed after a van crossed into oncoming traffic and slammed head-on into
another vehicle near Jackson Saturday, Amador CHP officials
said. The crash happened on State Route 16 west of Latrobe Road near Jackson around 3:40 p.m. Saturday when a
Dodge minivan traveling westbound crossed the center line into oncoming
traffic, hitting a Ford Taurus heading eastbound. The driver of the van,
identified as a 42-year-old man, and the female driver of the Taurus were both
pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities said witnesses reported the van had
been traveling at a high rate of speed just before the crash and may have been
attempting to pass other cars when the accident occurred.
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