Head-on crash near Don Pedro Reservoir kills one man and three women, CHP reports

Four people were killed in a two-vehicle collision Friday, May 31, near Don Pedro Reservoir in Tuolumne County.

The names of the victims have not been released pending notification of family, but a statement from the California Highway Patrol identified them as a 56-year-old Stockton man; a Modesto woman, 66; a Salida woman, 65; and a woman from La Grange, 33 years old.

According to the CHP release, the Stockton man was driving a 2020 Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck with Modesto and Salida residents as passengers.

He was heading north on Bond Flats Road, “illegally passing another vehicle over the double yellow center line at approximately 100 mph or faster” as he approached the T-shaped intersection with La Grange Road, the release said.

The La Grange woman was driving a 2005 Toyota Highlander south on Bonds Flat Road at approximately 45 mph.

Due to the speed of the Chevrolet driver, neither he nor the Toyota driver were able to brake or make an evasive maneuver in time, the release states.

The vehicles collided head-on in the south lane. The force of the impact propelled the Toyota backward approximately 106 feet, the preliminary investigation determined. The fronts of the vehicles were embedded.

All occupants were wearing seat belts and had airbags deployed, but all four died instantly.

It has not been determined whether alcohol or drugs contributed to the crash. Toxicology results are pending, the CHP statement said.