LUCERNE, Calif. – A Clearlake Oaks woman was injured in an early Saturday morning vehicle rollover near Lucerne.
Kathleen Wayland, 62, sustained moderate injuries in the crash, which occurred on eastbound Highway 20 east of Rosemont Drive.
Early morning radio traffic indicated Wayland herself called the crash in shortly after 4:30 a.m. Saturday.
The California Highway Patrol report on the crash said Wayland was driving her 2005 Chevy Malibu eastbound on Highway 20 at an unknown speed, and as she was rounding a left curve in the roadway she allowed her vehicle to drift onto the left shoulder.
The Chevy overturned and came to rest on its roof about 30 feet off the roadway, and that's how firefighters would find the vehicle shortly after 5 a.m. after searching for it along the highway for nearly 30 minutes, according to radio traffic.
When Wayland was found she was awake and alert, but firefighters on the radio said she had head trauma and needed to be extricated, which took about a half-hour to complete.
At the same time, REACH 6 came from Lampson Field, landing at Lucerne Harbor Park, where it picked Wayland up. The air ambulance lifted off for Enloe Medical Center in Chico at around 6 a.m., radio traffic indicated.
The CHP said Wayland was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
Alcohol is not believed to be a factor, the CHP said.
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