The accident was reported around 4:50 p.m. on Woodruff Lane east of Armstrong Road, more than six miles north of Marysville.
Yuba County, CA. – A 58-year-old woman died, and a 61-year-old man was hospitalized after a car collision that happened Friday afternoon in Yuba County.
The accident was reported around 4:50 p.m. on Woodruff Lane east of Armstrong Road, more than six miles north of Marysville.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the man was driving a silver Mercedes E-350 at a high rate of speed when the car went airborne after crossing railroad tracks.
The driver lost control of the vehicle and hit a concrete bridge rail west of the tracks.
The woman, a resident of Newark and the man’s wife, died in the crash.
The man was hospitalized in unknown condition.
According to CHP, the speed limit for the railroad track crossing is 5 mph, and that for Woodruff Lane is 55 mph.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing.