YUBA-SUTTER COUNTIES, CA (MPG) - At approximately 4:40am on April 18th, Adele L. Vershaw was driving a Dodge Caravan with one Juvenile passenger on SR-99 northbound approaching Hutchinson Road at an undetermined speed. Olivia V. Garcia was driving a Jeep-Liberty southbound SR-99 south of Hutchinson Road at 65 miles per hour. For an undetermined reason, Vershaw allowed her vehicle to drift from the northbound lanes of SR-99, across the center median and both southbound lanes, and then onto the right shoulder of southbound SR-99. As the Dodge Caravan left the roadway and entered the dirt/gravel shoulder, Vershaw made a sharp turning movement to the right forcing her vehicle to cross back into the southbound lanes of SR-99 and directly into the path of the Jeep Liberty. Both vehicles collided head on resulting in a double fatality in the Dodge Caravan. Garcia was transported to Rideout Emergency room by Bi-County Ambulance for her major injuries.

Personnel from the Sutter County Sheriff’s Department, Sutter County Fire Department, Yuba City Fire Department, and Cal Trans assisted CHP officers at the scene.

Drugs and alcohol were not a contributing factor in this collision. This collision is still under investigation.