- Elizabeth Larson
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Pedestrian killed in crash identified
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office identified the woman as 58-year-old Marla Simone Shaffer.
At 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Shaffer was walking south, across Highway 20, toward the Pomo Pumps gas station near Robinson Rancheria in Nice.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office reported that she is believed to have walked into the westbound lane of the highway and into the path of a vehicle, where she was hit and mortally injured.
CHP Sgt. Joel Skeen told Lake County News that it appeared that Shaffer was walking from Robinson Casino and was going over to Pomo Pumps, as she has done in the past
“I can’t say if she misjudged traffic on the roadway or if she perhaps thought the vehicle that struck her was stopping or even turning,” Skeen said.
He added, “It was dark and very stormy, which was not ideal for anyone’s safety on the roadway.”
The CHP said that, so far, they do not know if drugs or alcohol were contributing factors in the fatal crash.
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