LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has identified the two men who died in a Sunday night crash in which a vehicle went into a swimming pool.
Lauren Berlinn of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office identified the men as Nickolas Wade Dilley, 39, of Perkins, Oklahoma, and Joseph Timothy Torres, 31, of Nice.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said that shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday its officers responded to the crash.
A red 2021 Subaru WRX driven by Dilley was traveling on Butte Street in Nice when it went over the embankment, hit a fence and landed upside down in a swimming pool at a residence on Tehama Street, according to the CHP report.
Neither Dilley, in the driver’s seat, nor Torres, who was found in the back seat, were wearing seat belts, the CHP said.
The CHP said the crash’s cause remains under investigation, although alcohol use is suspected to be a factor.
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Authorities identify men killed in vehicle crash into pool
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