According to reports by truck accident lawyers in Los Angeles, the California Highway Patrol a vehicle that collided with a tractor-trailer burst into flames killing two, one adult and a child.
The California Highway Patrol Officer Adrian Quintero stated a 1989 Buick collided with a big rig on Highway 12 in the vicinity west of Lodi. The vehicle traveling eastbound swerved causing it to sideswipe the Peterbilt big rig that was carrying a take of red wine in the area of Correia Road. This caused the vehicle to be drug approximately 50 feet westbound by the truck that was traveling at 54 miles per hour at which time the vehicle caught fire.
A witness to the crash identified as Ron Phillips age 48 was traveling approximately a quarter mile behind the vehicle on his Harley Davidson Motorcycle stated that he tried to help the victims in the vehicle but it was to late. He also stated the adult and child appeared to have already succumbed to their injuries.
Officer Quintero stated while the victims could not be identified at the scene the child appeared to be approximately 10 to 12 years old.
The driver of the tractor-trailer also attempted to rescue the adult and child in the vehicle but could not get near the vehicle because the flames were to hot already, he has been identified as 38 year old Juan Brado. According to Officer Quintero Bardo was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the collision and was wearing his seatbelt.
The accident was the first fatal accident in 2009 on Highway 12, which has earned the nickname of Blood Alley after March 2007 when six people died in five accidents during a three day period.
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