Editor's note: The story has been updated.
NICE, Calif. – A two-vehicle crash on the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff on Wednesday afternoon claimed the life of a Lucerne man and injured a woman.
The California Highway Patrol said the crash occurred at 1:45 p.m. on the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff east of Westlake Drive.
Two vehicles were involved: a 2001 Dodge driven by a 63-year-old Lakeport man, and a 2000 Toyota, driven by the 65-year-old Lucerne man who died, who was accompanied by a 60-year-old woman who also is from Lucerne. The CHP did not release any of the names of those involved on Wednesday.
The CHP report said the Lakeport man in the Dodge was driving westbound while the Toyota was heading eastbound.
For reasons that the CHP said are still being determined, the Dodge's driver allowed his vehicle to drift off the right side of the road.
He overcorrected and turned back to the left, crossing the double-yellow lines, and hit the Toyota broadside, which caused the Toyota to overturn, the CHP said.
The Toyota's driver sustained major injuries and died at the scene, according to the CHP. His passenger suffered major injuries and was flown to a regional trauma center by an air ambulance.
The Dodge's driver did not sustain any injuries, the CHP said.
The CHP said all three people involved in the crash were wearing their safety belts.
Investigators have so far determined that neither alcohol nor drugs were factors in the wreck, the CHP said.
Correction: California Highway Patrol has corrected its original report, which said that the driver of the Dodge was a woman. The driver was, in fact, a man.
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