Driver ID'd In Deadly Suspected DUI Crash In Dixon

Dixon CA

02 May, 2020

6:41 PM

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DIXON, CA — The California Highway Patrol has identified a woman arrested on suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter after a fatal crash in Dixon Thursday as Anita Jones-Merchant, 56, of Sacramento The solo vehicle crash killed Floyd Merchant, 79, of Sacramento, and caused major injuries to William Jones Jr. 71, of Sacramento, and Jones-Merchant. The CHP said the three occupants of the vehicle are related. Jones-Merchant was driving a 1997 Toyota Camry around 3 p.m. on the on-ramp to eastbound Interstate Highway 80 just west of Pitts School Road, the CHP said. The vehicle went off the road and struck a tree and a building, callers to the CHP said. Floyd Merchant was pronounced dead at 4:11 p.m., the Solano County coroner's office said. Copyright 2020 by Bay City News, Inc. — Republication, Rebroadcast or any other Reuse without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited.