PLACERVILLE, CA – 3 Killed, Including Child, in Highway 50 Head-On Crash Near Camino Heights Drive

3 Dead in Placerville Two-Vehicle Collision

PLACERVILLE, CA (January 17, 2019) – Three people, including a 1-year-old child, were killed Tuesday night in a two-vehicle crash on Highway 50 near Camino Heights Drive.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the deadly event unfolded at 6:30 p.m. on the eastbound side of the highway, just three miles east of Placerville.

A driver of one of the vehicles reportedly lost control and struck an oncoming vehicle head-on.

In the car that lost control, a man and a 1-year-old girl were ejected. The man died at the scene and the child was brought to a hospital where she later died. A woman, also an occupant of the same vehicle, died in the crash. The driver of the other vehicle, described as a 39-year-old male from Pollock Pines, was airlifted to a trauma hospital with major injuries.

Investigators believe speed and slick road conditions might have played a role in the collision.

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It’s never easy having to lose a loved one. To the family and friends mourning this heartbreaking loss, we hope you find peace and comfort around you. Our law firm sends our condolences.

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