UPDATE: Traffic controls on Hwy. 89 after collision leaves on dead

Mike Chapman, Redding Record Searchlight
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The California Highway Patrol says a person died in a collision at Highways 44 and 89 about four miles north of Old Station on Wednesday morning, Oct. 5, 2022.
The California Highway Patrol says a person died in a collision at Highways 44 and 89 about four miles north of Old Station on Wednesday morning, Oct. 5, 2022.

UPDATE

At 1:36 p.m., Caltrans said one-way traffic controls were in place on Highway 89, four miles north of its junction with Highway 44, due to the traffic collision.

ORIGINAL STORY

The California Highway Patrol says a person died in a collision at Highways 44 and 89 in eastern Shasta County on Wednesday morning.

The collision was between a loaded logging truck and a black sedan at 10:50 a.m. about four miles north of Old Station, according to the CHP's traffic incident page.

The state Department of Transportation said on Twitter at 1:15 p.m. that Highway 89 remained blocked due to the collision.

No other details were immediately available.

The coroner's office has been called to the scene.

Mike Chapman is an award-winning reporter and photographer for the Record Searchlight in Redding, Calif. His newspaper career spans Yreka and Eureka in Northern California and Bellingham, Wash. Support local journalism by subscribing today.

This article originally appeared on Redding Record Searchlight: Collision kills person at Highways 44 and 89 in eastern Shasta County