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| Colin Mulhern, 30, died, 6 others injured after a female drunk driver, 27, struck the rear of the trailer being towed causing it to overturn on I-5 north of Lambert Road in California |
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One dead, six injured in DUI crash involving overturned passenger van, CHP says
By Julia Sclafani
jsclafani@sacbee.com
August 27, 2018
One person died, six more were injured and a DUI arrest was made in a Monday morning traffic collision on I-5 north of Lambert Road, a California Highway Patrol traffic incident summary said.
A 27-year-old Los Banos woman was allegedly driving until the influence of alcohol or drugs when she struck the rear of the trailer being towed by a passenger van about 3 a.m., CHP said. The suspect, who drove a Ford Explorer, was arrested.
The collision caused the van to roll onto its roof in the center median and overturned the trailer, CHP said.
The deceased victim was Colin Mulhern, 30, from Centennial, Colo., according to a Sacramento County Coroner’s Office report. Mulhern was the driver of the van, according to CHP’s incident report.
Two of the other passengers were ejected from the vehicle when it rolled over. All six of the surviving passengers were transported to area hospitals to be treated for injuries, CHP said, with one of the passengers sustaining major injuries.
The far left lane was blocked until 6 a.m. while responders were on the scene clearing vehicles, according to Caltrans tweets.
All lanes have reopened on southbound I-5 following the fatal collision.
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One Dead, Six Injured after Car Hits Tour Van in Suspected DUI
by FOX40 Web Desk,
August 27, 2018
SACRAMENTO COUNTY — One person is dead and six people were injured after an SUV rear-ended a passenger van towing a trailer early Monday morning near Elk Grove.
The California Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 2:40 a.m. along northbound Interstate 5 at Lambert Road.
The van lost control and overturned in the center median after it was rear-ended. Investigators say the van was towing a trailer full of musical equipment.
One man, said to be in his 30s, was killed. Six others were taken to the hospital with injuries ranging from serious to minor.
The woman who investigators say rear-ended the trailer was not injured. Drugs and alcohol were found in the car, the CHP said, and the woman was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
