NICE, Calif. – One person was flown to a regional trauma center Tuesday afternoon following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 20 in Nice.

Firefighters were dispatched to the t-bone crash, which was reported to have taken place in front of 2580 E. Highway 20 near Hammond Avenue just before 4 p.m.

It involved a white four-door sedan and a white van, according to radio reports and the California Highway Patrol.

The eastbound lane of Highway 20 was blocked as firefighters worked to extricate one of the crash victims.

One person was reported to have suffered major to moderate injuries, and firefighters on scene requested an air ambulance.

REACH 6 responded to a landing zone near Sentry Market to pick up the patient, lifting off just before 4:30 p.m., reports from the scene indicated.

Northshore Fire Chief Jay Beristianos said one patient was transported by ground ambulance to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, while REACH 6 took the more seriously injured patient to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.

The CHP reported that both vehicles were to be towed.

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