Teenage victim identified in Orland I5 fatal crash
1 day 8 minutes ago
Coroners with the Glenn County Sheriff's Office identified the victim in the high-speed collision that left one dead and several injured Tuesday afternoon in Orland.
Weston Sites, 15, of Willows, was identified as the individual killed in the accident. Officers with CHP said that the crash happened around 3:30pm Tuesday. It happened on I-5 just south of HWY 32.
Officers said that traffic was slowing down on northbound I-5 for a construction zone. THE CHP officer driving the mobile road enforcement truck was approaching the stopped traffic when he became distracted and crashed into the back of a Hyundai Elantra. Sites was sitting in the backseat of the Hyundai that was struck.
"His attention was diverted away from the road, looking down at I believe his computer. When he looked up traffic was slowing and coming to a stop, applied his brakes and rear-ended the vehicle that was in front of him which subsequently got pushed into 2 other vehicles that were stopped," said CHP Sergeant Tony Odell.
CHP officers said a separate accident investigation team will be handling the collision investigation. An autopsy will be performed to determine he specific cause of death.