LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff's Office has released the name of a Siskiyou County woman who died in a crash on Highway 20 on Nov. 8.
Erika Denise Kleit, 45, of Weed, died in the two-vehicle, head-on wreck, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Shortly after noon on Nov. 8 Kleit was driving a 2016 Honda Civic westbound on Highway 20 near the Landrum Ranch, located east of Clearlake Oaks and near New Long Valley Road, when she was hit by a 1990 Chevrolet pickup driven by Raymondo Meza, 55, of Chico.
The California Highway Patrol said Meza allowed his pickup to cross over the highway's double-yellow lines and into the path of Kleit, who couldn't avoid the collision.
The CHP arrested Meza on suspicion of being under a combination of alcohol and drugs at the time of the crash.
Meza and his female passenger were flown by air ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital for treatment of major injuries.
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Woman killed in Nov. 8 crash identified
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