A rural Yolo County intersection was shut down for several hours Wednesday after two big rigs collided, spilling loads of sand and hot asphalt onto the roadway.
California Highway Patrol Officer Bryan Konvalin said the spills occurred shortly before 11:30 a.m. as the two rigs veered to avoid colliding at the T-intersection of County Roads 93 and 27. The maneuvers caused one of the rigs to strike the rear trailer of the other, spilling the trailer’s load of sand.
The first rig then ran off the north edge of County Road 27, spilling its load of asphalt, Konvalin said. Both spills were contained to the roadway.
One driver went to the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento with complaints of pain, Konvalin said. The cleanup process resulted in a three-hour closure of the intersection.