LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The death toll on Lake County’s roadways this month has risen again as the result of a solo-vehicle wreck early Wednesday morning.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office did not release the name of the 67-year-old woman who died in the crash pending the notification of her family.
The CHP said the crash occurred at 6 a.m. Wednesday on Highway 281 west of Highway 29 in the Kelseyville area. Conditions at the time were foggy and dark.
The woman was driving alone in a 2019 Buick Encore, heading eastbound on Highway 281 at an unknown speed.
For a reason that the CHP said is unknown, the driver steered the Buick to the left and crossed the westbound lane of Highway 281, leaving the south roadway and overturning onto its left side after colliding with shrubbery.
Medical personnel pronounced the woman dead at the scene, the CHP said.
She was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash and the airbags on the vehicle were deployed, according to the report.
The cause of death is still under investigation, led by CHP Officer Efrain Cortez.
The fatal Wednesday crash led to the sixth traffic-related death this month.
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Solo vehicle wreck kills Kelseyville woman
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