Tow-Truck Driver Dies In Hwy 16 Crash In Yolo County

YOLO COUNTY, CA — A Woodland tow-truck driver died Tuesday afternoon in a collision on state Highway 16 west of Woodland when he was unable to avoid a car crossing the road in front of him, according to the California Highway Patrol.

At 4:04 p.m., a Davis woman in a 2015 Subaru crossover stopped at the stop sign on southbound County Road 94B at the intersection with SR-16, then attempted to drive south across the intersection to continue on County Road 94B, CHP Officer Rodney Fitzhugh said.

The Woodland man was driving eastbound in a 2020 International tow truck, just west of the intersection, and was "not able to slow, stop or turn his vehicle in time," Fitzhugh said.

The front of the Subaru collided with the back left of the tow truck, which continued eastbound and went off the road and into a ditch where it overturned and came to rest on its roof, Fitzhugh said.

The tow truck driver suffered fatal injuries in the crash. His name was not released by the CHP.

The Davis woman suffered minor injuries and said she would seek medical care on her own, according to the CHP.

Investigators do not believe speed, drugs nor alcohol were factors in the crash.