Rescue personnel tend to the driver of a Mini Cooper that crashed head-on into a cement truck on Deschutes Road in the Bella Vista area Wednesday morning. The driver, Muriel Elliott, 63, of Redding, suffered major injuries and was in critical condition Wednesday night at Mercy Medical Center in Redding. Cement truck driver William Hiller, 48, of Redding suffered minor injuries in the 9:15 a.m. collision, California Highway Patrol officer Kurt Heuer said. Elliott reportedly crossed the double line and hit the cement truck about a half-mile south of Highway 299, Heuer said. The force of the collision ripped off the front axle of the cement truck and threw the Mini Cooper down a ditch. The truck was one of two traveling to the wind-farm project in Burney to deliver cement, said John Ledford, who was driving another cement truck and was two vehicles behind Hiller. “We were coming down this stretch, and she pulled dead in front of him,” Ledford said. “She tried to pull out of the way, but there was nowhere to go.” The wreck remains under investigation.More info at:
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