MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Five people escaped serious injury after a two-vehicle crash near Middletown on Saturday night.

The crash on Highway 29 between Grange Road and the Bar X Ranch was first dispatched just after 10 p.m. Saturday, according to radio reports.

Cal Fire Battalion Chief Mike Wink said that a full-sized pickup and a midsized four-door sedan were involved in the wreck.

He said the vehicles were traveling at the posted speed limit when the “t-bone” crash occurred, leaving both vehicles with major damage.

The crash left the highway completely blocked from around 10 p.m. to just after 11 p.m., according to Wink.

The good news is that the five people riding in the two vehicles came away without injuries requiring transport to the hospital, Wink said.

He said all five were wearing their seat belts and that, along with the airbags, protected them.

Wink said first responders want to remind community members to wear their seat belts to protect them from injury in the case of a crash.

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