Red Bluff, CA : Wrong-way driver killed in early morning collision on Saturday, December 24th 2016

A 79-year-old Nashville man was killed early Saturday morning when he crashed after driving the wrong way on Interstate 5.

The man, whose name was not released pending notification of next of kin, was driving the wrong way in the southbound lanes of I-5 at 4:20 a.m. north of Adobe Road when he collided with the Dibble Creek bridge abutment, according to a press release issued by the California Highway Patrol Saturday afternoon.

The man’s 2016 Nissan Juke traveled east and collided with a 2007 Toyota 4Runner driven by Patrick Moran, 59, of Woodland, the release said.

The Nissan travelled back west again and collided with a 2002 Ford F-250 driven by Robert Lankford, Jr., 41, of Redding.

The Nissan driver suffered fatal injuries at the scene of the collision, the release said. Moran and his passenger Hoa My Moran, 63, were taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

Landford, who was not injured and did not cause the collision, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, the release said.

Weather conditions were cold with light fog.

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Wrong-way driver killed in early morning collision