Michael Hunter ID'd as 1 of 2 Killed in Crash on State Route 99E near Butler Street in Los Molinos
Los Molinos, California (August 25, 2021) – One of the two people who died Sunday morning following a multi-vehicle crash in Los Molinos has been identified as Michael Hunter, 59, of Hayward.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the deadly collision happened at about 7:35 a.m. Sunday, August 22, on State Route 99E, just north of Butler Street.
The CHP said Hunter was driving a 2009 Ford Focus northbound on State Route 99E when, for unknown reasons, he allowed the vehicle to cross into the opposite lane and collided with a 2019 Isuzu that was heading southbound driven by Nicholas Hall, 39, of Anderson.
The Ford continued to travel north within the southbound lane and collided head-on with a 2007 Nissan Sentra driven by a 54-year-old Oroville woman.
Deadly 3-Vehicle Crash on State Route 99E in Los Molinos
Hunter and the Nissan driver were declared dead at the scene.
Hall and his passenger, Michael Zuhlke, 24, Red Bluff, were uninjured.
No further details about the crash were immediately given.
The accident remains under investigation.