NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Four people – including three Lake County residents – were injured in a single-vehicle rollover that occurred just inside the Napa County line on Monday afternoon.
The wreck took place at 4:10 p.m. on Highway 29 north of Livermore Road on Mount St. Helena, south of the Lake County line, according to the California Highway Patrol's Napa office.
Martin E. Oliver Jr., 24, of Santa Rosa was driving a 1990 Nissan Stanza southbound on Highway 29 with three passengers from Clearlake – 18-year-old Athena Esquivel, and two male juveniles, ages 14 and 16, the CHP said.
The CHP said Oliver lost control of the vehicle and hit a hillside on the west shoulder.
The impact with the hillside caused the vehicle to overturn, with the Nissan coming to rest on the driver's side, the CHP said.
Oliver and Esquivel both sustained moderate injuries, the 14-year-old boy had major injuries and the 16-year-old had minor injuries, according to the CHP report.
The CHP said Oliver, Equivel and the 14-year-old were transported to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital – two by air ambulance, one by ground ambulance – while the 16-year-old was not transported.
The 14-year-old later was transferred from Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital to Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland, the CHP said.
The CHP said all four were wearing their seat belts.
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