VACAVILLE, CA : 1 person dead in wrong-way crash in Vacaville on Interstate 80 on Sunday, 27th January 2019

A person was killed in a head-on crash early Saturday on Interstate 80 and another person is behind bars.

The California Highway Patrol reports a male driver was going the wrong way at approximately 1:28 a.m. when he slammed his vehicle head-on into an oncoming car on eastbound I-80 at the Nut Tree Road exit.The male driver of the other car died at a nearby hospital.

A CHP officer arrested the wrong-way driver at the hospital on suspicion of driving under the influence, authorities report. The arrest came after the driver was treated for what authorities report were minor injuries.

The crash remains under investigation. Authorities ask anyone who saw the crash to call the Solano CHP office at 428-2100.

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