3 Seriously Injured After Pickup Truck, Semi-Truck Collide at Stoddard Wells Road and Outer Highway 15

3 Hospitalized After Apple Valley Crash on Stoddard Wells Road and Outer Highway 15

Apple Valley, California: Three people were airlifted to the hospital with serious injuries after a pickup truck collided with a semi-truck Monday morning in Apple Valley.

The vehicles collided around 11:17 a.m. at Stoddard Wells Road and Outer Highway 15, near Interstate 15.

A gray Ford F-150 pickup truck and a Volvo semi-truck were involved in the collision.

First responders found the big rig with front-end damage on the driver’s side, and the pickup truck on the dirt shoulder of the northbound I-15 Stoddard Wells Road off-ramp.

One person was trapped in the wreckage and required extrication.

The Apple Valley Fire Department freed the victim.

The trapped party and two others were taken to the Apple Valley airport by ground ambulances and then airlifted by California Highway Patrol, Mercy Air, and REACH helicopters to regional trauma centers for the treatment of serious injuries.

The cause of the collision was not immediately determined but an investigation is ongoing.