LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — A Clearlake woman died Sunday night after she was struck by a vehicle while walking along Highway 20.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office did not release the name of the woman pending the notification of next of kin.
The agency said the female pedestrian died at the scene of the crash on Highway 20 near Robinson Rancheria in Nice.
The fatal crash occurred at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, during a day of heavy rains and wind brought about by an atmospheric river storm. At the time of the crash, the CHP said conditions were rainy, dark and cool.
The CHP said Sarah Ann Whitman, 43, of Nice was driving a 2016 Toyota Corolla westbound on Highway 20, just east of Pomo Way, at approximately 40 miles per hour.
At the same time, the CHP said the pedestrian was walking south, across Highway 20, toward the Pomo Pumps gas station.
For reasons that the CHP said are yet to be determined, the pedestrian is believed to have walked into the westbound lane of the highway and into the path of Whitman’s vehicle, where she was hit.
The CHP said the woman hit by the car was taken to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, where she was declared deceased.
Neither Sarah Whitman nor her passenger, 19-year-old Emily Ann Whitman of Nice, suffered injuries, the CHP report said.
“It is unknown at this time if drugs or alcohol were a contributing factor in the cause of this crash,” the CHP said in its Monday report.
CHP Officer Jared Wade is leading the investigation into the crash.
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