LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A young Kelseyville man has died after being injured in a Thursday night crash on the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff.
The name of the 21-year-old man who died as a result of the crash was not immediately available early Friday afternoon from the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP said the man was driving a 2000 Hyundai Elantra southbound on the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff west of the Rodman Slough at 10:20 p.m. Thursday.
For reasons still under investigation, he lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree, sustaining major injuries, the CHP said.
Reports from the scene Thursday night had indicated that air ambulances were not available to transport him out of county due to the inclement weather, and so he was transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, as Lake County News has reported.
The CHP said the young man died of his injuries at Sutter Lakeside Hospital.
He was wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash, and the CHP said alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation, the CHP said.