Crime & Safety
Patient Air Lifted To Trauma Center After Contra Costa Co. Crash
The crash victim had to be extricated from the vehicle and was then flown to a nearby trauma center.
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA — One person was transported to a trauma center by hospital after a solo crash near the Round Valley Regional Preserve west of Byron late Sunday night, according to the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District.
Emergency crews responded at 11:26 p.m. to Marsh Creek Road just east of Deer Valley Road, where a vehicle had gone off the roadway. They closed the road in both directions, extricated the victim from the vehicle and loaded that person onto a helicopter, but an update on
the victim's condition was not available Monday morning.
No one else was injured, but the vehicle sustained major damage and PG&E was called to the scene to assess damage to a utility pole.
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Firefighters say the cause of the crash remains under investigation by the California Highway Patrol.
—Bay City News