LAKEPORT, Calif. – Two drivers were seriously injured in a head-on crash near Lakeport on Thursday morning.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said Scott Womble, 31, of Kelseyville, and Mandy Robbins, 43, of Upper Lake were injured in the wreck, which occurred at 7:55 a.m. Thursday.
The CHP said Womble was driving a 1999 Mazda B3 pickup northbound on Highway 29 north of Ackley Road at approximately 50 to 55 miles per hour, while Robbins was driving a 2007 GMC Yukon southbound on Highway 29 south of Highway 175/Hopland at approximately 55 miles per hour.
Womble, according to the CHP report, failed to notice he was rapidly approaching a long line of stopped traffic in the northbound lane.
When he realized a rear end collision was imminent, the CHP said Womble abruptly turned his pickup to the left and traveled directly into Robbins’ path.
The CHP said the two vehicles subsequently collided head-on.
Both drivers suffered major injuries, sustaining multiple blunt force trauma, according to the CHP.
Air ambulances flew Womble and Robbins out-of-county to a major trauma center, the CHP said.
The CHP said both drivers were using their seat belts.
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