LAKEPORT, Calif. — Authorities have identified the Lakeport woman who died in a solo-vehicle wreck on Wednesday afternoon.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said the crash victim was 76-year-old Linda Jean Smith.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said its 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 at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday.
Smith was driving her Toyota in northbound No. 1 lane of Highway 29 at 65 miles per hour when the pickup suddenly veered in a northwesterly direction, the CHP said.
The CHP said the Toyota crossed the center median and Highway 29 southbound, then traveled through a barbed wire fence on the west side of the freeway, across Mountainview Road, over the descending embankment west of Mountainview Road and then hit a tree on the embankment before it stopped.
First responders took Smith to the hospital where the CHP said she was pronounced dead.
The CHP said they don’t believe alcohol or drugs were factors in the wreck.
Victim of fatal Lakeport crash identified
- LAKE COUNTY NEWS REPORTS
- Posted On