California Highway Patrol officers say a man crossed into oncoming traffic in this white van. He smashed into a black pickup, shoving the hood right up into the driver's seat and killing the woman who was behind the wheel.
The van bounced off the pickup and sideswiped an SUV before crashing head-on into another pickup.
Four people got trapped inside the damaged trucks, and nine passengers ended up in the hospital with minor to moderate injuries.
Officer shut down Highway 43 for a couple hours while they investigated what happened and cleaned up the mess. They're still not sure why the driver drifted into oncoming traffic, but they're not ruling out alcohol.
