Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Condition Upgraded for Napa Man in Hwy. 29 Crash
Michael Schill sustained major injuries in the accident.
UPDATE: 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013
The Napa man who was airlifted Thursday to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with major injuries after a head-on crash on Highway 29 near St. Helena is in fair condition and his prognosis is favorable, hospital officials said today.
Michael Schill, 58, of Napa, has been moved out of the intensive care unit, is now on a standard medical-surgical unit and his condition is stable, a hospital staff member said.
According to the California Highway Patrol report, Schill was driving a 1998 Dodge Ram Ex Cab pickup truck on Hwy. 29 northbound at an unknown rate of speed when he allowed his truck to cross over the double yellow lines into the southbound lane just north of Ehlers Lane near St. Helena.
That was directly into the path of a 2008 Columbia big rig driven by Malik Attiba, 63, of Bay Point.
Attiba also sustained major injuries and was transported by Queen of the Valley Medical Center by AMR ground ambulance. Hospital officials said Tuesday that he has been released.
Schill's 11-year-old male passenger sustained minor injuries and was also transported to Queen of the Valley.
Schill was transported to Santa Rosa by CHP Air Unit H-30.
UPDATE: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013
One person was airlifted to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with major injuries after a pickup truck and a semi big rig truck crashed head-on Thursday on Highway 29 north of St. Helena.
Cal Fire Dispatcher Louie Karlow said the crash happened just before 4:30 p.m. just south of the intersection of Deer Park Road and Highway 29.
The driver of the pickup truck sustained major injuries and was taken by helicopter ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Karlow said.
A passenger in the pickup truck and the driver of the semi truck were both transported to Queen of the Valley Medical Center by ground ambulance with mild to moderate injuries.
Highway 29 has been closed in both directions and was still closed at 5:30 p.m., Karlow said.
He had no word on what caused the accident or the identities of the drivers or the passenger. California Highway Patrol is investigating the crash, Karlow said.
ORIGINAL STORY: 4:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013
Witnesses are reporting multiple injuries, minor to major in accident that occurred at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
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