Six injured in wreck at Marlow, Guerneville roads in Santa Rosa

<p>A three-car crash at Marlow and Guerneville roads sent six people, including a child, to local hospitals Tuesday evening.</p><p>Some of the victims sustained “life-threatening injuries,” Santa Rosa Police Sgt. Lisa Banayat said.</p><p>Accident investigators were still at the scene at 9:30 p.m., four hours after the crash.</p><p>The intersection was closed in several directions, and police were advising motorists to avoid the area.</p><p>No other details were available, Banayat said.</p><p>Witnesses said a white Ford Explorer was speeding eastbound on Guerneville Road when it collided with a small Toyota carrying a child and his parents.</p><p>“I saw the Toyota lift from the back, four or five feet into the air, then slide across the intersection into the pole,” said Richard Vallee, a security guard waiting at the intersection’s westbound light.</p><p>“I ran to the vehicle,” Vallee said. “There was blood everywhere.”</p><p>The driver of the Toyota told Vallee “my son’s in there.” Vallee spotted the unconscious child in the back seat, pulled him from the car and carried him to a nearby lawn at the corner of Guerneville and Marlow roads.</p><p>“His nose was crooked, his head was down and his eyes were open,” Vallee said.</p><p>The crash spread shattered glass and car parts throughout the intersection, which was closed while police investigated the collision.</p><p>The Toyota was forced through the intersection, but the Explorer and a small compact car behind it remained in the intersection, near the limit line of the eastbound light.</p><p>Vallee said the drivers of those cars were transported to local hospitals. The child and his parents were also taken to the hospital.</p><p>You can reach Staff Writer Laura Norton at 521-5220 or laura.norton</p><p>@pressdemocrat.com.</p><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=marlow+and+guerneville+roads,+santa+rosa,+ca&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=32.527387,56.25&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=38.46199,-122.747068&amp;spn=0.007847,0.013733&amp;t=h&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=A&amp;output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=marlow+and+guerneville+roads,+santa+rosa,+ca&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=32.527387,56.25&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=38.46199,-122.747068&amp;spn=0.007847,0.013733&amp;t=h&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=A" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small>