Pickup takes out tree near Orland

Glenn County Observer

Emergency responders and the property owner examine the scene of a pickup versus olive tree collision Monday afternoon. Glenn County Observer photo by Donna Wilder.

Orland – California Highway Patrol officers, Orland firefighters, Glenn County Sheriff’s deputies, Orland police officers, and ambulance personnel all responded to a traffic accident on County Road MM early Monday afternoon.

The call went out as a vehicle accident with multiple injuries on Road MM near County Road 19.

Fortunately, the accident wasn’t nearly as serious as it originally sounded.

Kenzie Eddy, 17, the driver of the pickup involved in the accident, sits on the tailgate of a Glenn County Sheriff’s Office pickup. Glenn County Observer photo by Larry Judkins.

According to Officer Forslund of the California Highway Patrol, at about 1:10 p.m. on March 13, Kenzie Eddy, 17, of Orland, was driving a 1975 Chevy pickup south on County Road MM, north of County Road 19, at about 30 miles per hour.

CHP officers gather information at the scene of Monday’s accident. Glenn County Observer photo by Larry Judkins.

She reportedly allowed the pickup to travel off the road onto the left shoulder, then over-corrected to the right. The Chevy traveled off the road onto the west roadway shoulder and collided with two trees.

The pickup involved in the crash is seen resting on top of the trunk of the tree. Glenn County Observer photo by Larry Judkins.

The pickup came to rest facing west, west of the roadway shoulder, partially on an olive tree.

According to Officer Forslund, Eddy was wearing her seatbelts and was not injured.

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