Minor injuries in Lakeville Highway crash

<p>One motorist's quick reaction may have minimized the harm done in a two-vehicle collision Tuesday afternoon on Lakeville Highway in south Petaluma, police said.</p><p>Blanca Castro, 25, of Santa Rosa swerved onto the right shoulder of road, avoiding a direct head-on crash with an oncoming pickup truck at 12:29 p.m., Petaluma Police Officer Ron Klein said.</p><p>Her Honda Accord was totaled, but neither Castro nor the other driver, Noe Lopez, 24, of Vallejo was transported to the hospital.</p><p>Lopez was westbound, heading into Petaluma in a Toyota Tacoma pickup when he glanced away from the road and veered into the eastbound lane about one-quarter mile east of the Kaiser Permanente medical offices, Klein said.</p><p>Lopez missed two other vehicles before the driver's side of his truck struck the front quarter panel of Castro's Honda. Castro's evasive move “possibly avoided serious injuries,” Klein said.</p><p>No citations were issued, and Klein said neither alcohol nor excessive speed was involved. The pickup sustained major damage.</p><p>Traffic on Lakeville Highway was reduced to one lane at a time for about an hour.</p>