(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba City Police Department is updating information regarding a fatal, multiple-vehicle fatal collision Sunday morning, at HWY 20 and Harter Parkway.
Five vehicles in total were involved, starting with 83-year-old Delbert Thornton in a full-sized pickup, heading toward Colusa, running a red-light, crossing HWY 20 southbound on Harter Parkway and hitting a Nissan Altima. That collision resulted in the death of a passenger, whose name has not been released.
The Altima, after being hit by Thornton’s pickup, then collided with 2 other vehicles stopped at the red-light, in the eastbound lanes of HWY 20.
Meanwhile, Thornton, after hitting the Altima, then collided with a big-rig that was in the left turn lane to Harter Parkway, on eastbound 20.
The Appeal-Democrat reports the Altima driver, 21-year-old Sandra Rodriguez, sustained critical injuries.
No other injuries were reported.