LUCERNE, Calif. – A Lucerne woman was flown to a regional trauma center following a Monday morning crash.
Guadalupe Rea, 39, sustained moderate injuries in the solo-vehicle wreck, which occurred at 11:45 a.m. Monday on Country Club Drive in Lucerne, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP said Rea was riding as the passenger in a 1994 Jeep Cherokee driven by 32-year-old Lucerne resident Paul Mitchell.
Mitchell was driving the Jeep westbound on Country Club Drive at approximately 30 miles per hour, just west of Ninth Avenue, when he allowed the vehicle to travel off the roadway and onto the shoulder, the CHP said.
When the Jeep went onto the shoulder it hit a wooden bridge railing before coming to rest facing westbound with its wheels partially blocking the westbound lane, according to the CHP report.
The CHP said alcohol was not a contributing factor in the crash, which is still under investigation.
Northshore Fire personnel transported Rea to a landing zone at Lucerne Harbor Park, according to radio reports.
REACH 6 met firefighters at the park and flew Rea to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, officials reported.
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