A Hummer and a Hyundai car collided a little after 4 a.m. Saturday near Laguna Avenue, and the Hyundai caught fire with one person trapped inside.
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CHP diverted traffic around the accident, and they closed Highway 41 in both directions for more than four hours. The highway was reopened just before 8:30 a.m.
Officers called the coroner out for one victim and LifeFlight airlifted a 50-year-old man to Community Regional Medical Center.
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The CHP's preliminary investigation has found that the driver of the Hyundai was traveling southbound on Highway 41 in the northbound lane and struck the Hummer head-on.
The CHP says it is not known at this time if alcohol or drugs were a factor in this collision.