SFGATE: Big rig fire, crash near Vallejo kills one, seriously injures another

Big rig fire, crash near Vallejo kills one, seriously injures another
Published on May 25, 2018 at 10:24PM by By Sophie Haigney
A big rig on fire and subsequent car crash on Interstate 80 near Vallejo left one person dead and another with major injuries, officials said. The big rig caught fire around 1:21 a.m. near the intersection of I-80 and the Pomona Street off-ramp, said Sgt. Robert Nacke, a California Highway Patrol spokesman. “One party was airlifted to John Muir hospital,” he said. “There’s been a big clean-up effort.” In the traffic that ensued after the fire, there was a fatal crash around 3:55 a.m., involving another big rig and a smaller unknown vehicle, according to CHP. Nacke said that the driver of the second vehicle died from injuries on the scene.