Car gets airborne in minor injury crash

A four-vehicle crash closed Highway 221 for about a half hour Friday morning.

At 10:45 a.m., William Tabor, 53, of Vacaville was driving a Toyota Avalon south in the left lane on the highway near Napa Corporate, according to the California Highway Patrol.

He rear-ended a Toyota Camry, driven by Matthew McDaniel, 20, of Napa. The Camry hit the car in front of it, a Chevy S10 truck, the CHP said. Joshua Hitchcock, 32, of Napa, was driving the truck carrying a passenger, Aaron Roche, 28.

The Toyota Avalon then launched into the air on two wheels over the other two cars and hit a fourth car, a Chevy van in the right lane that Salvador Montez, 66, was driving.

Both lanes were blocked, so traffic was diverted onto Napa Valley Corporate Way for about a half hour while crews cleared the road.

Roche was taken to Queen of the Valley Medical Center with minor injuries.

Tabor suffered minor cuts, but declined to go to the hospital.

9 comment(s)

krusty wrote on Oct 17, 2009 12:31 AM:

" What? I'm confused. How do you rear-end a car and end up flying over that car AND another car? There's either something missing here, or Einstein has just been proven wrong. "

thisisnotatest wrote on Oct 17, 2009 12:44 AM:

" "launched into the air on two wheels"

If it was on its wheels, it wasn't airborne. Don't report stuff that didn't happen. "

vocal-de-local wrote on Oct 17, 2009 1:34 AM:

" This sounds like a scene picked right out of an action movie! Glad no one was seriously injured. "

make napa better wrote on Oct 17, 2009 2:02 AM:

" Poor Josh, Hope you are ok! "

loomco wrote on Oct 17, 2009 8:38 AM:

" Wow! The Dukes of Hazzard right here in Napa! "

JustMyyOpinion wrote on Oct 17, 2009 8:57 AM:

" Agree that some clarification is needed here. If the Camry caused the initial impact, how after the car it hit impacted another car did the Camry become airborne and fly over two cars and hit yet another?? "

Baraki wrote on Oct 17, 2009 9:00 AM:

" So it hit and it went onto two wheels -- I think maybe the word "airborne" was used to grab peoples' attention. NVR has been heading toward irresponsible reporting lately... "

Froggie1559 wrote on Oct 17, 2009 2:40 PM:

" Wow, Mr. Tabor, we're sure glad you're okay! That sounds like a really scary accident, regardless of how it was reported. Hope you're back to those music kids asap. "

detritus wrote on Oct 17, 2009 8:25 PM:

" " Wow, Mr. Tabor, we're sure glad you're okay! That sounds like a really scary accident, regardless of how it was reported. Hope you're back to those music kids asap. "

Yes, and Let them know about the dangers of excessive speed. "

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