CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – A Wednesday evening collision outside of Clearlake Oaks has killed one person, injured several others and sparked a wildland fire.
The crash was reported shortly before 9 p.m. on Highway 20 at Catholic Church Road, one mile west of the Highway 20 and Highway 53 intersection, according to radio reports.
Firefighters arriving at the scene reported finding multiple vehicles involved, including a motorcycle, whose rider died at the scene.
There also was at least one person trapped in another vehicle and several walking wounded, according to radio reports. Descriptions of the vehicles were not immediately available.
A small wildland fire was burning to the north of the highway, with a slow rate of spread, reports from the scene indicated.
Both lanes of Highway 20 were closed as a result of the crash, firefighters reported.
Emergency personnel called for an air ambulance to respond to pick up a crash victim, based on scanner traffic.
A short time later, a second air ambulance was requested, with firefighters seeking to have a parent and infant transported. That second helicopter then was canceled, with the two patients transported by a ground ambulance to Sutter Lakeside Hospital.
A landing zone was being set up at the nearby Orchard Shores Homeowners Association, radio traffic indicated.
REACH 1 reported lifting off minutes before 10 p.m. en route to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with a patient.
Northshore Fire, Cal Fire, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and the California Highway Patrol were reported to be on the scene, with air ambulances heading in to transport the patients.
Additional details will be posted as they become available.
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