LAKEPORT, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol has released the name of a young woman who died following a solo-vehicle crash that occurred near Lakeport on Friday night.
Francesca Rose Schetter, 19, of Lakeport was the victim in the fatal wreck, according to Officer Kory Reynolds of the CHP's Clear Lake Area office.
Schetter was riding as the passenger in a 1997 Honda Civic driven by 21-year-old Lakeport resident Nicholas Ivicevich when the crash occurred at 10 p.m. Friday, the CHP said.
The CHP said Ivicevich was driving southbound on Park Way north of Lakeshore Boulevard at an unknown speed when he lost control of the car while rounding a right-hand curve.
Ivicevich's Honda went off the road and hit a power pole, with firefighters having to cut Schetter out of the vehicle with the Jaws of Life, the CHP said.
Schetter was taken to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, where the CHP said she was pronounced deceased.
Ivicevich was arrested at the scene on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. While the investigation is continuing, Reynolds said Tuesday that the crash is still believed to have been caused by drunk driving.
Due to major injuries he sustained in the crash – which the CHP said included a lacerated liver and broken ribs – Ivicevich was flown to an out-of-county trauma center.
Reynolds said that Ivicevich remained hospitalized on Tuesday at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.
Schetter, who also went by the last name of Kreuger, was listed as a Miss Lake County contestant in 2012, according to an organization Web site.
At the site of the crash, her friends have set up a memorial with flowers, candles and other items.
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CHP identifies young woman killed in Lakeport crash
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