Crash injures 2 crew members searching for missing Southern California family
Two search-and-rescue workers who assisted in recovering the bodies of a Southern California family whose vehicle plunged into a Mendocino County river, killing the parents and both children, suffered major injuries Sunday night in a car crash, officials said.
The driver, Anderson resident Clayton Chaney, was heading south on Highway 101 just south of Leggett around 6:45 p.m. when his 1999 Toyota Tacoma pickup went off the west edge of the road and down an embankment, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The truck hit a guardrail and rolled over on to its roof, officials said.