UKIAH, Calif. – A Santa Rosa man and a Lakeport man escaped injury on Tuesday when the moving truck in which they were riding overturned on Highway 128.
Ramon Jesus Severns, 37, of Santa Rosa and Tracy Dean Faustino, 50, of Lakeport were involved in the single-vehicle crash, which occurred early Tuesday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Ukiah office.
Severns was driving a 1997 GMC 6500 box truck with riding Faustino as his passenger, the report said.
CHP Dispatch received a call at approximately 1:19 p.m. about a loaded moving truck having overturned on Highway 128 approximately a mile and a half west of Fish Rock Road, according to the report.
CHP units responded and when they arrived on scene they found both the eastbound and westbound lanes of traffic blocked, the report explained.
The CHP said traffic detours subsequently were put in place. The highway would be reopened at 6:20 p.m. that night.
Based on the CHP investigation, Severns had become distracted by items in the vehicle and allowed the truck to drift to the right and leave the roadway.
Severns lost control of the truck, which the CHP said overturned and came to rest against a telephone pole.
The CHP said Severns and Faustino, both of whom were wearing their seat belts, were uninjured.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation, the CHP said.