Blacked out RVer survives wild crash!

An RVer is lucky to be alive after a harrowing experience. The Bremerton, Wash., man sustained major head injuries when he lost consciousness while driving a motorhome on California Route 99 and crashed into a vehicle, utility pole, chain-link fence then a house on Pecos Avenue in Manteca, California. The accident happened Saturday evening, April 14.

According to the Manteca Bulletin, the California Highway Patrol reported that Stephen Quance, 56, was northbound on Highway 99 in a 2006 Alfa motorhome when he blacked out. Apparently as the RV was drifting from the fast lane toward the Hatch Road onramp, Quance's foot became jammed against the accelerator. The vehicle was moving fast as it went through the island that separates the freeway from the onramp, where it struck the rear of a 2002 Ford Ranger driven by Charles Malik, 55, of Ceres. The RV continued out of control on the right shoulder for about three-tenths of a mile, down an embankment and then into a metal light pole and then through a chain-link fence. The Alfa then shot across Bystrum Road and then hit another pole before crashing into an unoccupied house at 803 Pecos Avenue. Malik, the driver of the Ford Ranger, was not injured, said the CHP.