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A 25-year-old Placerville man died Friday morning in a single-vehicle accident on Highway 50 just west of Missouri Flat Road. The man killed in a car crash on Highway 50 in Placerville on Friday morning wasn’t wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, the California Highway Patrol reports.
The crash was reported to officers at 7:03 a.m. just west of Missouri Flat Road. Authorities said Silva was driving a 2003 Kia Spectra west about 60 mph when his car “began to rotate on its wheels in a counterclockwise direction,” eventually drifting off to the right shoulder of the highway until it hit a tree.
Bystanders helped Silva, who was unconscious lying across the headrest of the front passenger seat. A Good Samaritan pulled Silva out from the wreckage and performed CPR on him until CHP and El Dorado County Fire Department officials arrived. Unfortunately, Silva succumbed to his injuries. He was later pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash happened amid heavy rain and wet road conditions, the CHP said.
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