UPDATE: FATALITY! Westbound I-80 Backing Up from Injury Crash in Vacaville

UPDATE: Sunday, March 23, 6:25 p.m.

One person was killed in a crash on Interstate Highway 80 in Vacaville this afternoon, a California Highway Patrol officer said.

The crash was first reported on westbound Highway 80 near Cherry Glen Road at about 3:45 p.m., CHP Officer Ogilvy said.

A vehicle overturned near an off-ramp and crashed into a tree, Ogilvy said.

One person inside the vehicle was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Ogilvy said.

Emergency responders had a right lane closed on Highway 80 for nearly two hours, according to the CHP.

All lanes reopened at about 5:40 p.m., though heavy traffic was reported for at least two miles behind the crash.

This marks the fifth fatal accident -- totalling six deaths -- in the past nine days in Napa, Sonoma and Solano counties.

An Emeryville man, 60, died Friday, March 21, in a solo crash on I-80 on the Napa and Solano county border.

A Napa Woman, 26, was killed Tuesday, March 18 in a head-on crash on Silverado Trail, that sent two others to the hospital.

And a Healdsburg woman, 50, died in a solo-vehicle crash Wednesday, March 19 near Geyserville.

On Saturday, March 15, a Rohnert Park man, 30, rear-ended a car, killing two women in the back seat and was arrested for suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and DUI.

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Sunday, March 23, 4:19 p.m. 

The California Highway Patrol has shut down one lane of Interstate Highway 80 in Vacaville due to an injury crash, an officer said.

Officers responded to a crash involving a vehicle that overturned and collided with a tree near Cherry Glen Road and westbound Highway 80 at about 3:45 p.m., CHP Officer Ron Simmons said.

One person was injured and possibly trapped inside the vehicle, Simmons said. Emergency responders have shut down a far right lane and traffic was backing up for about two miles, he said.

A Sig-alert was issued at 4:03 p.m.

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