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All eastbound lanes of the Yolo Causeway were reopened Sunday morning after the rescue of a truck driver following two previous crashes.Around 5:30 a.m., Isamael Villegas, 22, of Ceres, was driving a Ford F-150 eastbound on Interstate 80 when he was reared-ended by Xai Lor, 26, of Sacramento in his Mitsubishi Eclipse, deputies said. The impact of the collision caused the truck to end up facing the wrong way in the center divider and the car ended up blocking the number three lane.Deputies said a second collision happened around 5:32 a.m. when Michael Puentes, 58, of Chicago, crashed into Lor's car in the number three lane of I-80, west of Enterprise Boulevard. It was reported that Puentes did not see Lor's car and was unable to avoiding crashing into it.The third collision happened around 5:37 a.m. when Mahendra Kumar, 58, of Sacramento was driving of a Budget truck on I-80 in the number three lane when he also crashed into Lor's car, deputies said. It was reported that Kumar either did not see or was unable to slow down in time when he collided with the car.Deputies said then Kumar lost control of the truck, hit the southern concrete guardrail, went over the side of the freeway and landed in the Yolo Wildlife Preserve. Kumar was trapped inside the vehicle.Rescuers worked for more than an hour to get Kumar out of the truck.Deputies said Kumar was conscious and moving during the rescue. He was eventually lifted up to the freeway in a gurney basket and taken to a hospital with a broken leg.Drivers of the other vehicles suffered minor injuries.Two of the three eastbound lanes of I-80 along the Yolo Causeway were closed for more than an hour.The California Highway Patrol said it didn't appear that drugs or alcohol were involved in the crashes, which are still under investigation.KCRA 3's Vannessa Maravilla and Kristen Simoes contributed to this story.