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4 Dead, Including 2 Kids, In Wrong-Way Crash In Sierra

SODA SPRINGS (CBS13) — More than seven hours later, eastbound Interstate 80 has reopened after four people were killed in a wrong-way crash  in the Sierra early Saturday, the California Highway Patrol confirmed to CBS13.

Eastbound Highway 20 at Nevada Street in Nevada City has also reopened.

According to the CHP, two adults and two children died in the crash.

The crash happened just before 4:45 a.m. near Eagle Lakes Road near Yuba Pass and Crystal Lake.

The CHP said a Jeep was driving the wrong way and caused a collision involving two other cars. The four people who died were not in the Jeep.

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