LAKEPORT, Calif. — A woman died in a solo-vehicle wreck near Lakeport on Wednesday afternoon.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office did not release the name of the 75-year-old woman killed in the crash pending the notification of next of kin.
At 4:15 p.m. Wednesday CHP officers responded to reports of a solo vehicle traffic collision involving a white 2003 Toyota Tacoma on northbound Highway 29 north of 11th Street in Lakeport.
The CHP said its preliminary investigation indicated the Toyota was traveling in the northbound No. 1 lane of Highway 29 at 65 miles per hour when, for reasons still pending further investigation, the Toyota suddenly veered in a northwesterly direction, crossing the center median and Highway 29 southbound.
The pickup went through a barbed wire fence on the west side of the freeway, across Mountainview Road, and over the descending embankment west of Mountainview Road, the CHP said.
The CHP said the Toyota crashed into a tree on the embankment and came to rest.
The driver was transported by ambulance to the hospital where she was pronounced deceased, the CHP reported.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Lakeport Police Department, Lakeport Fire Department and Jones Towing responded to the scene and assisted the California Highway Patrol.
Alcohol and/or drug use is not suspected to be a factor in this collision.
The cause of this crash is still under investigation by Officer V. Farias-Diaz.
Woman killed in Wednesday Lakeport crash
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