MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – On Tuesday local officials released the name of the woman who died the previous evening in a single-vehicle wreck near Middletown.
Diane Leah Levy, 51, of Clearlake died in the crash, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
The California Highway Patrol said the crash occurred just before 5:30 p.m. Monday just north of Spruce Grove Road South.
Levy, who was driving southbound at a high rate of speed in a 2003 Acura, passed another southbound vehicle and, as she was returning to her lane, she went onto the shoulder, lost control and went through a guardrail, according to the CHP.
Her vehicle ended up at the bottom of a 100-foot-deep ravine. CHP said Levy was pronounced dead at the scene.
It wasn't immediately known if drugs or alcohol were factors.
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