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Wrong-way Driver Causes Fiery, Fatal Crash on I-80

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A CAR TRAVELING THE WRONG WAY ON THE EASTBOUND LANES of I-80 in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains collided head-on with another car that was driving correctly.  The violent head-on crash killed both drivers on impact and caused the “wrong-way” car to burst into flames immediately.

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The driver at fault in the crash was 20-yr.-old male and the driver of the other car was an 18-yr.-old woman whose passenger survived the crash.  The wreck had the freeway shut down for over two hours Tuesday morning following the 3:30 am Pacific crash.

KCRA-TV Ch. 3 Sacramento has a video report from the crash scene:

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