Reckless driving appears to have sparked a multi-vehicle accident that caused commuter traffic headaches on a 4-lane stretch of Highway 49 near the Nevada/Placer County line Wednesday morning. CHP Officer Greg Tassone says a female driver was travelling northbound in a pickup at a high rate of speed, with reports that she was unsafely weaving around and passing other vehicles…

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Tassone says that caused the pickup to spin out of control into the southbound lanes, where it was struck by two other vehicles in a head-on fashion. He says there were at least 3, and possibly, 4 injuries that ranged from minor to moderate or major. It does not appear that the female driver was under the influence of alcohol or drugs…

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The names of those injured were not available. Also, Tassone says a Cal Trans van hauling a mobile signboard trailer was rear-ended on the shoulder of the highway by a male driver who’d suffered a serious medical emergency. The Cal Trans workers were not injured. The condition of the male driver is not known.