Red Bluff, CA : Four people injured after a big rig collided with an SUV on Adobe Road at the Sacramento River bridge on Monday, May 2, 2016

A big rig collided with an SUV at 11:15 a.m. Monday on Interstate 5 between Antelope Boulevard and Adobe Road at the Sacramento River bridge leaving four persons injured.

The crash caused the big rig and the other vehicle to burst into flames creating a cloud of black smoke visible for miles.

Alejandro Patino, 27, of Stockton was driving the big rig north in the left northbound lane of I-5 when he failed to see Thaovao Vang, 30, of Osseo, Wisconsin, who had stopped partially in the left lane. Vang’s vehicle had mechanical problems, lost power and stopped in the center divider and partially in the lane, according to a press release issued at 2:49 p.m. Monday by the California Highway Patrol.

The front of Patino’s truck collided with the left rear of Vang’s 1992 Chevrolet, causing both vehicles to catch on fire.

There were five people involved in the incident. Two people had major trauma injuries and two had moderate trauma injuries, according to a Cal Fire spokesman.

Xor Vang, 69, of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Ze Vue, 41, of Corning and the two drivers were sent to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital for treatment of their injuries. Another man, Thao Vang, of St. Paul, Minnesota, was injured but did not need medical assistance.

The incident shut down both northbound lanes and one southbound lane of the interstate. Vehicles from the interstate diverted onto surface streets, snarling traffic throughout Red Bluff for much of the day.

Around 5 p.m. Monday the northbound lanes were opened clean-up and the vehicles had been removed from the roadway.

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Big rig collision on I-5 sets two vehicles on fire, leaves four injured