Crime & Safety
Update: 2 People Dead, 3 Injured in Pitt School Road, Porter Road Accident
One individual was airlifted to UC Davis Medical Center with major injuries.
Update 4:58 p.m Two people have died in a traffic collision at the intersection of Porter and Pitt School Roads.
According to the California Highway Patrol, three people were driving along Pitt School Road, approaching Porter Road in a Chrysler sedan, at 2:30 p.m., Sunday. CHP officer Dweyer said the driver of the sedan was traveling at a rate of 60 miles per hour or more when they failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection and collided with a pickup truck that was traveling along Porter Road towards Midway Road driving about 55 miles per hour.
The collision launched the Chrysler in the air and the vehicle landed on its roof. Emergency crews responded to the scene, but were unable to save the lives of two individuals, whose names were not released, that were in the sedan. A third person in the sedan was airlifted to UC Davis Medical Center for treatment of major injuries.
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The two people in the pickup truck sustained minor injuries according to the CHP. It is not known at this time if drugs or alcohol played a role in the accident.
We will continue to update this story as we learn more.
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Previously:
Dixon emergency crews are working the scene of a traffic accident along Pitt School and Porter Roads, in which one person has been reported deceased.
The accident was called in at 2:33 p.m.and according to the CHP, it was between a truck and a vehicle that is too damaged to make out.
Dixon Fire crews responded to the scene, along with the CHP and Dixon Police Department. Dixon Fire Chief Aaron McAlister said that two people are possibly dead as a result of the accident.
We will continue to update this story as soon as we know more.
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This is what the CHP's incident page has to say about the accident:
Incident: 1142 Type: Fatality Location: PITT SCHOOL RD AT PORTER ST TBM/LatLon: 415 3B
Detail Information 4:14 PM 11 REGARDING INV PTY THAT IS 1097 AT HOSP 4:14 PM 10 RP #2 WITH UC DAVIS MEDICAL REQ HANDLING OFCR CONTACT HER PAGER # 3:13 PM 9 LL VV TOW 3:12 PM 8 REQ VV TOW 3:12 PM 7 DIXON FIRE CHEIF NOTIFIED CORONER 2:46 PM 6 ENTIRE RDWY BLKD / DIXON PD FIRE ETC 2:40 PM 5 APPRS 1180 2:39 PM 4 TWO 1185S ENRT 2:39 PM 3 ONE VEH TOO DAMAGED TO TELL WHAT IT IS VS TRK 2:39 PM 2 TWO OT D VEHS 2:39 PM 1 FIRE 97Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
