Manuel Velasquez Garcia, 44, and Ricardo Gomez Perez, 54, both die when their semi-trucks collide head-on on I-5 near Buttonwillow, California
CHP reports 2 killed in big-rig collision
Officers with the Buttonwillow area office said the driver of a 2014 Freightliner in the northbound lanes veered across the road for an unknown reason around 3:25 a.m. and struck a 2009 Kenworth that was heading south in the southbound lanes.
2 big rig drivers killed in crash that closed SB I-5 near Twisselman Rd
The California Highway Patrol said two big rigs crashed Monday morning on southbound I-5, south of Twissleman Road, and both drivers were killed. That area of southbound I-5 is still closed.
Coroner ID’s 2 killed in head-on big-rig collision
Ricardo Gomez Perez, 54, of Healdsburg, and Manuel Velasquez Garcia, 44, of Montclair, were both pronounced dead at 3:25 a.m. at the scene of the crash, according to a coroner’s office report.
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