One serious injury in Santa Rosa crash

A driver suffered major injuries early Tuesday morning in southwest Santa Rosa after police said she made a left turn in front of an oncoming vehicle.

About 7:45 a.m. Patricia Soto, 55, started a left turn from Price Avenue onto northbound South Wright Road. She pulled in front of driver David Anderson, 68, said Santa Rosa traffic Sgt. Summer Gloeckner.

Anderson couldn’t stop in time and his 1970 Volkswagen bus broadsided her 2008 Chevrolet Aveo, Gloeckner said.

Anderson wasn’t injured. Firefighters got Soto out of the car and into an ambulance. Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital was warned of a trauma patient on the way, according to dispatch reports. The woman didn’t appear to have life-threatening injuries, but had head trauma and cuts, Gloeckner said.

Santa Rosa police closed the intersection for about 90 minutes. The crash occurred near Wright Charter School.