3 hit by truck near Tahoe while fixing tire chain
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. – Three young men were sent to the hospital on Monday with major injuries after they were hit by a truck while fixing a tire chain.
Around 12:45 p.m., a sedan had stopped in a turnout on US-50 east of Johnson Pass. The driver of the sedan was adjusting the chain on the left front tire when two bystanders offered to help.
The three men, in their early twenties and from the Bay Area, were at the left front of the vehicle when a Sacramento resident driving a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck approached, traveling west.
The driver of the truck lost control on the snow covered roadway, crossed the oncoming lane and into the turnout, colliding with the men working on the tire.
According to the collision report, one of the men was thrown approximately 40 feet. The truck dragged the other two who had to be freed by Caltrans personnel and people who stopped to help.
All three were transported to Barton Memorial Hospital.
Investigators determined that alcohol and drugs were not a factor in the incident.
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