It looked like a destruction derby at a key south county intersection Thursday afternoon, with four vehicles smashed together and one resting on its top.
The crash happened around noon where highways 29 and 221 meet, police said. Highway 221 becomes Soscol Avenue north of Imola Avenue.
Maria Rodriguez, 42, of Napa was northbound on Highway 29 in her Ford Expedition.
As she drove through the intersection with Highway 221 her SUV was hit by a Toyota driven by Barbara Glover, 39, of Sacramento.
Glover was southbound on Highway 221. “It appears she ran the red light and hit the SUV,” California Highway Patrol Officer Jaret Paulson said.
The SUV rolled, landing on its top. The impact sent the Toyota crashing into a Jeep driven by Jenal Ramoshorder, 40, of Vallejo and a Nissan, driven by Rondell Cornelson, 18, of Vallejo.
Both the Jeep and Nissan were stopped southbound on Highway 221, Paulson said.
Rodriguez, Glover and her passenger, Eric Edmeston, 12, of Sacramento, complained of pain and were taken to Queen of the Valley Medical Center.
Napa Fire Capt. Donnie Johnson said when firefighters arrived all of the victims had gotten out of the vehicles by themselves.
Although traffic was heavy at the time of the accident, the only impact was on motorists heading north on Highway 221 from Soscol Ferry Road.
