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Sonora, CA — Two people were hurt in a crash during the nine o’clock hour this morning that impacted traffic on Mono Way near the Haystack Road intersection.
The CHP reports that 86-year-old Ruth Bensen of Sonora was driving a Chevy sedan westbound when she went off the roadway and hit an embankment. The vehicle continued traveling and then struck a guardrail.
Mono Way was blocked in both directions during cleanup efforts, but traffic is now moving freely. Bensen, and her lone passenger, 66-year-old Robert Bensen, were transported to Adventist Health Sonora to treat minor injuries.
Written by BJ Hansen.
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