Major injuries reported in big-rig crash in Atwater

A woman suffered major injuries Tuesday morning in Atwater when a tractor-trailer truck collided with a pickup truck, the Police Department reported.

The adult woman, whose name was not available, was taken to a Modesto hospital with "severe" injuries to her face and lower body, Sgt. William Novetzke said.

The crash was reported at 9:03 a.m. on Buhach Road. The woman was a passenger in a 2013 Dodge Ram pickup truck that turned left from Buhach onto Castlewood Avenue. The driver of the Dodge, identified as a 36-year-old Tulare man, turned directly into the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer, driven by a 38-year-old Chico man, police said.

The collision damaged a city light pole in the area.

No other injuries were reported.

Neither drugs nor alcohol were factors in the crash, Novetzke said.

This story was originally published May 8, 2018 at 2:33 PM with the headline "Major injuries reported in big-rig crash in Atwater."