A Toyota Tacoma was traveling north in the southbound lanes and collided head-on with a Mercedes Benz

Humboldt County Crash
3 Killed in Humboldt County Crash on US 101 near Metropolitan Rd

, Calif. – Three people were killed in a fiery car crash that occurred just north of Rio Dell in Humboldt County on Sunday night.

At around 10:37 p.m., the CHP Humboldt Communications Center (HCC) received reports of a collision on Highway 101 near Metropolitan Road.

A 2015 Toyota Tacoma was traveling north in the southbound lanes and collided head-on with a 2010 Mercedes Benz C300.

Medical personnel arrived at the scene and pronounced the driver of the Toyota dead at the scene.

The driver of the Mercedes and a passenger were also pronounced dead at the scene.

Additional information about the accident was not released.

CHP is investigating the cause of the accident.

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