Woman recalls close call with wrong-way driver - KRCRTV.COM
The car Candice Willis saw would eventually crash into an SUV, killing two people and injuring four others Saturday night. Willis was on a shuttle bus with her 15-month-old son on Interstate 5 in the Gerber area, when they witnessed the wrong way driver. "Just kind of out of nowhere a car was traveling southbound on the Northbound lane right at us," Willis explained. "He was able to swerve to the left and the car next to us was able to swerve to the right, and the car that was traveling the wrong way went in between us and the car next to us," she described. Minutes later that car, a 2002 BMW 530, according to the California Highway Patrol, would crash into a 2000 Ford Expedition SUV. Candice Willis remembered seeing first responders pass by. "With in a couple minutes we saw a few cop cars driving by and a paramedic," Willis said. Two other adults and a 7-year-old and 10-year-old were also injured in the crash. Willis was shaken up, but it wasn't until Sunday morning when she read about the car accident that she said everything began to sink in. "I instantly got chills and teared up and I looked at my husband and I just, you know obviously I feel... Willis is grateful that her bus driver was able to dodge the wrong way driver. Source: www.krcrtv.com
