Glenn County Observer
Apparently, no one was seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision north of Orland Wednesday afternoon.
Emergency responders were dispatched to the accident at the intersection of Highway 99 and County Road 9 at about 2:52 p.m.
The Glenn County Observer’s reporter was running errands when he became aware of the call, seeing fire department vehicles heading north on Sixth Street.
He called a friend who was able to tell him precisely what the emergency was.
The following information comes from the California Highway Patrol’s traffic incident webpage. Information from this source is not always completely accurate and should be treated with a fair amount of skepticism.
By the time The Observer reporter arrived at the scene, only some CHP officers were still there. Fire and other responders were gone.
The CHP page stated the collision involved a red Toyota 4Runner vs. a black sedan.
The black sedan, later described as a Chevy Malibu, reportedly went off the Stony Creek bridge. It had allegedly been travelling at a high rate of speed, according to the CHP website.
In reality, the Chevy left the roadway on the west side of Highway 99, at the north end of the Stony Creek bridge. It crashed through the guardrail there, but did not travel down all the way to the creek bed.
By 3 p.m., all the occupants from the two vehicles were out and walking around.
The Chevy sustained major front-end damage, while the Toyota sustained major rear-end damage. Zips Towing was called for the Chevy; Bambauer Towing responded for the Toyota.
More information is expected late Thursday morning.
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