RIO VISTA, Calif. — The Rio Vista Police Department released more information Thursday about the Wednesday night accident that left four people dead and six others injured.
According to a news release, it happened around 8:15 p.m. on SR 12 near Summerset Road and Church Road.
It says a 2003 Honda Accord was going west when the driver veered off the road, overcorrected, and hit a Chevrolet Suburban going east. The driver and rear passenger of the Accord were ejected from the car.
The driver of the Accord, an unidentified 20-year-old man from Rancho Cordova, died at the scene along with the two passengers – a 19-year-old woman from Vacaville (also the owner of the Accord) and a ‘Jane Doe.’
The Chevrolet Suburban the driver of the Accord hit had seven occupants, including two minors, who are all Mexican nationals on vacation in the U.S.
One of the seven occupants, a woman in her mid 70s named Laura Poiret, was killed in the accident. The other six people in the Suburban were taken to nearby hospitals and are listed in stable condition.
The news release says Rio Vista Police will not make a determination on if DUI was the cause of the accident until BAC test results are returned by the coroner’s office, however, several open containers of alcohol were found in and around the Accord.
