Crime & Safety

Man Who Died in Wrong-Way Fatal Collision Was From Fairfield

By Bay City News

The Solano County coroner's office identified the driver who diedΒ when he drove the wrong way on Interstate Highways 80 and 680 Sunday night asΒ 53-year-old Jeffrey Woodhouse of Fairfield.Β 

Woodhouse was driving a 2009 Toyota Camry south on northboundΒ Highway 680 when he collided head-on with a 2005 Hummer H2 near MarshviewΒ Road in Solano County south of Fairfield around 8 p.m., California HighwayΒ Patrol Sgt. Mike Lehman said.Β 

Before the fatal collision, Woodhouse was driving west onΒ eastbound Highway 80 near the Rio Vista-Suisun City state Highway 12 off-rampΒ in Suisun, CHP Officer Ralph Caggiano said.Β 

Caggiano said Woodhouse drove the wrong way on the freeways forΒ about nine miles.Β 

A passenger in the Hummer complained of pain but the Hummer driverΒ was not injured, Lehman said.Β 

Woodhouse was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:25 p.m. Sunday,Β coroner's Deputy Jackson Harris said. Results of an autopsy on Tuesday willΒ be pending toxicology tests, Harris said. Β 

The collision closed northbound Highway 80 for 70 minutes, LehmanΒ said.

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