CHP: VAN AND
TRUCK COLLISION KILLS 5 EAST OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA; FOG A FACTOR
The California Highway Patrol reported fog played a
factor in a collision that killed five people along Highway 4 and Highway 99
east of Stockton Tuesday morning.
The crash was on Farmington Road at Van Allen Road and
involved a van carrying six people and a truck carrying two people, according
to information received by CHP spokesman Richard Wetzel and CHP Officer James
Smith.
According to Smith, officers arrived at the scene at
6:50 a.m.
The van was stopped along northbound lane of Van Allen
Road on Highway 4. As the driver of the van attempted to cross over 4, a truck
traveling at an unknown speed on the eastbound lane of the highway hit the van,
according to Wetzel.
The driver of the van was wearing a seat belt but died
as the impact of the collision occurred at his door, Wetzel said. Three other
people in the van were killed as well, according to Smith.
Smith said one of the other passengers in the van
sustained major injuries; the fifth passenger in the van had unknown injuries.
Both were transported to the hospital.
The two people inside the truck were also transported to
the hospital. Their injuries were unknown, Smith said.
CHP later confirmed Monday morning that a fifth person
involved in the collision had died.
One-way traffic control is currently active. No estimate
on how long it will take to clear the scene.