NORTH COAST, Calif. – A single-vehicle crash on Highway 101 south of Hopland on Sunday afternoon killed a child and seriously injured an adult.
The California Highway Patrol's Ukiah Area office said the crash occurred at 1:30 p.m. on Highway 101 near Pieta Creek and Frog Woman Rock, between Hopland and Cloverdale.
A 7-year-old girl died of her injuries and the 30-year-old woman who was driving suffered major injuries, the report said.
The CHP did not release the names of either of the two crash victims, who are from Stockton.
CHP officers who arrived at the scene found a black 2007 Honda had gone off the embankment and had come to rest on its wheels in the Russian River.
According to witnesses at the scene, the Honda was traveling southbound when the driver suddenly lost control and veered off the highway, the CHP reported.
The Honda went over an embankment and overturned before coming to rest in the river, according to the CHP.
Cal Fire and Hopland Fire Department arrived on scene to care for the patients, and were joined by a Calstar air ambulance out of Ukiah and the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office's Henry-1 helicopter, the CHP said.
The CHP said that, due to the steep terrain, the two crash victims had to be brought up from the river bottom to the highway's shoulder via helicopter. Reports from the scene had stated that the vehicle was 300 feet down the embankment.
Highway 101 was closed for a short period of time while the crash victims were removed from the river, according to reports from the scene.
The girl died at the scene of her injuries, the CHP said.
Calstar took the driver to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital for treatment of injuries including a fractured right arm and pelvis, according to the report.
The CHP said both crash victims were wearing their seat belts, and intoxication does not appear to be a factor.
The crash remains under investigation, the CHP said.
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