DRIVER #2 ( MARK CASTILLO 50 ) WAS DRIVING HIS VEHICLE ( CHRYSLER ) W/B ON MOUNTAIN RANCH ROAD.
FOR UNKNOWN REASONS ( PER A WITNESS ) DRIVER #1 CROSSED THE SOLID DOUBLE YELLOW LINE LINE, STRIKING VEHICLE #2 HEAD ON.
THERE WAS MORE THAN 2' OF INTRUSION TO EACH VEHICLE, WITH MULTIPLE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENTS.
VEHICLE DAMAGE WAS TOTAL TO BOTH INVOLVED VEHICLES, AND THEY WERE TOWED FROM THE SCENE.
ALL THREE OCCUPANTS WERE DRIVEN BY AMBULANCE TO A LANDING ZONE IN MOUNTAIN RANCH, WHERE THEY WERE FLOWN OUT BY THREE SEPARATE LIFE FLIGHT HELICOPTERS.
ALCOHOL WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THE COLLISION.
UPDATE:
DRIVER #1 WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED SHORTLY AFTER HER ARRIVAL AT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, MODESTO.
DRIVER #2 SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES, BUT IS LISTED IN GOOD CONDITION AT DOCTOR'S HOSPITAL, MODESTO.
VEHICLE #2 PASSENGER (MIREILLE MORRIS) SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES, IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT DOCTOR'S HOSPITAL, MODESTO.
