Accident closes Hwy 50 at Echo Summit
Submitted by paula on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 5:23pm
A three-car accident on Highway 50 near Frog Lake on lower Echo Summit caused both lanes of the road to be closed for almost two hours Tuesday afternoon.
At 3:37 p.m., the California Highway Patrol responded to the accident which resulted in extensive damage to all three cars involved in the head-on collision. They then issued an alert to cell phones in the area, warning of the road's closure.
CHP says there were mild to moderate injuries to the cars' occupants and at least one person was transported to Barton Hospital.
As of 5:15 p.m., both lanes of traffic reopened.
No other details are available at this time.
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