KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Two Kelseyville women were injured – one of them seriously – during a single-vehicle rollover on Highway 29 on Tuesday afternoon.
The crash occurred just after 4 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 29 south of Highway 175/Cobb, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office.
The CHP said Linda Kennedy, 64, was driving a 1993 Toyota 4Runner northbound on Highway 29 at approximately 55 miles per hour with 55-year-old Irene Romero riding as her passenger.
Kennedy encountered slowing traffic due to a vehicle attempting to make a left turn. The CHP said she applied her brakes and swerved to the right, which caused her vehicle to go off the highway and overturn.
Romero became trapped in the vehicle and had to be extricated by Kelseyville Fire Protection District personnel, the CHP said.
The CHP said Romero was transported via REACH air ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with major injuries, while Kennedy was taken to Sutter Lakeside Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
Both women were wearing their seat belts, the CHP said.
The CHP said neither drugs nor alcohol are suspected as factors in the crash, which is under investigation by Officer Mark Crutcher.
About a half hour after the wreck, another crash occurred on Highway 29 north of Highway 175/Cobb, causing the Bottle fire, according to the CHP. The latest report on the fire put it at 75 acres, according to Cal Fire.
Highway 29 was closed at Highway 281/Kit’s Corner and at Highway 175/Cobb and traffic diverted for several hours while firefighters worked in the area, officials said.
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