KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Three people suffered minor injuries in an early morning crash near Kelseyville on Monday.
The California Highway Patrol said the two-vehicle wreck occurred on Highway 29 at Kelsey Creek Drive at 7:15 a.m.
Fernando Morales, 44, of Finley was driving northbound on Highway 29 with fellow Finley residents Eduardo Garcia, 47, and Morales Mendoza, 38, riding as his passengers, the report said.
Morales brought the vehicle to a full and complete stop at the intersection with Kelsey Creek Drive with the left turn signal activated, the CHP said.
The CHP said Richard Hazelton, 49, of Kelseyville was driving a 2002 Dodge 55 miles per hour northbound on Highway 29, just south of Kelsey Creek Drive, approaching Morales' vehicle.
Hazelton initially failed to realize that Morales' vehicle was stopped. He applied his brakes hard but the CHP report said that “due to his unsafe speed for stopped traffic ahead,” Hazelton was unable to avoid hitting the back of the Ford.
After the crash, both Morales and Hazelton drove their vehicles to the south shoulder and waited for emergency personnel to arrive, the CHP said.
Hazelton, Morales and Garcia all sustained minor injuries and were transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital for treatment, the CHP said. Mendoza was uninjured.
The CHP said all four of the men were wearing their seat belts.
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