Woman, crash victim killed on I-5 near Redding on Thanksgiving Day identified
UPDATE: Thursday, Dec. 1
Two people who died in a traffic collision in Anderson on Thanksgiving Day have been identified.
Lisa Joann Bacon, 46, of Orland, and Brian Alan Ford, 55, of Redding, died in the accident, which occurred on northbound Interstate 5 south of Ball Ferry Road at 6 p.m. on Nov. 24, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office said in a release on Thursday.Bacon had been trying to help motorcyclist Ford, who had hit a deer on the freeway south of Redding, according to the California Highway Patrol. But a man driving a 2018 Toyota Camry did not see them and hit them both, investigators said.
Both Bacon and Ford died at the scene.
Next-of-kin have been notified. The CHP continues to investigate the case.Original story
A woman was killed Thanksgiving evening on Interstate 5 while she was trying to help a motorcyclist who had hit a deer on the freeway south of Redding, the California Highway Patrol said.
The collision happened around 5:35 p.m. Thursday on northbound I-5 south of Balls Ferry Road.
According to the CHP, a man riding a motorcycle hit a deer, which caused him to lose control and slide into the center median.
A woman saw the crash, stopped her vehicle in the center median and got out to help the motorcyclist, the CHP said in a news release.
A man driving a 2018 Toyota Camry did not see the injured motorcyclist or the woman and hit them both, investigators said.
Both the motorcyclist and woman died at the scene, the CHP said.
The CHP did not release their names.
Drugs and alcohol were not a factor in the collision, the CHP said.
The crash closed northbound I-5 in the area as authorities did their investigation. The freeway has since reopened.
Anyone with more information is asked to call the CHP at 530-225-0500.
This article originally appeared on Redding Record Searchlight: Woman, crash victim killed on I-5 south of Redding identified
