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Fuel tanker truck collides with pickup on Hwy. 46 

Highway-46-crash-at-33A pickup truck and a semi fuel tanker collided Wednesday evening just before 6 p.m. in Lost Hills, an eye witness tells the Paso Robles Daily News.

A semi was on its side on Highway 46 and State Route 33 near Blackwell’s Corner. The semi fuel tanker hit a truck head on, according to reports. Both westbound lanes of 46 were blocked, California Highway Patrol reports.

The person in the pickup truck was identified as Vice President of Paramount Farms David Blanchet, 23ABC News of Bakersfield reports. Blanchet was picked up by Medevac.

Jose Martinez was identified as the driver of the semi. Martinez ran a red light which caused the crash, 23ABC News reports. Both men were taken to Kern Medical Center with major injuries, the report says.

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