KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Authorities on Thursday afternoon identified the two Kelseyville women involved in a solo-vehicle crash earlier in the day that resulted in the death of one of them.
Rosa Covarrubias, 59, died in the wreck, according to Lt. Corey Paulich of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Covarrubias was the passenger in a 2010 Honda Civic that crashed on Highway 29 just before 5:30 a.m. Thursday, as Lake County News has reported.
The driver of the vehicle was identified as Margarita Garnica-Sanchez, 40, according to Officer Kory Reynolds of the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP said that Garnica-Sanchez was driving northbound on Highway 29 north of Bottle Rock Road near Kelseyville at an unknown speed when she allowed the vehicle to drift into the southbound lane.
Garnica-Sanchez then turned to the right, causing the Honda to go off the north shoulder, where it hit an embankment, overturned and then went down the embankment before coming to rest on its wheels in a drainage gully, according to the CHP report.
Covarrubias died at the scene and Garnica-Sanchez was flown by REACH air ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital for treatment of major injuries, the CHP said.
Both women were wearing their seat belts at the time of the wreck, and the CHP said driving under the influence is not suspected as a factor in the wreck.
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Authorities identify women involved in fatal Thursday crash
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