MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Two pedestrians were struck by a vehicle in Middletown on Wednesday night, with one of them flown to a regional trauma center.
The incident occurred shortly before midnight on Highway 29 and Armstrong Street, in front of Five Star Towing, according to scanner reports.
Firefighters arriving at the scene found both people down in the roadway, with one of them unconscious and suffering head trauma, radio reports indicated. The roadway subsequently was shut down temporarily.
An air ambulance was requested to fly out a victim with major injuries.
REACH 6 responded and picked up the crash victim at a landing zone set up at a nearby fire station. Radio reports indicated the air ambulance transported the patient to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.
It was not clear if the second pedestrian was transported to a local hospital or released at the scene.
Information on the driver who allegedly hit the two pedestrians wasn't immediately available early Thursday morning.
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