KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal early Thursday morning crash on Highway 29.
The CHP said the single-vehicle wreck occurred at 5:25 a.m. on Highway 29 north of Bottle Rock Road near Kelseyville.
Officer Kory Reynolds said Thursday morning in the hours after the wreck that the CHP did not have any information on the two people involved in the crash.
The only details available as of the time of the CHP report were that a woman who was the passenger died and the driver suffered major injuries.
Reynolds said at that point they were still working to identify the two individuals.
The CHP report said the two were in a 2010 Honda Civic headed northbound on Highway 29 north of Bottle Rock Road at an unknown speed.
The driver, according to the report, allowed the vehicle to drift into the southbound lane and then turned to the right, causing the Honda to go off the north shoulder.
The Honda struck an embankment, which caused the car to roll over and travel down the embankment. The CHP said the car came to rest on its wheels in a drainage gully.
The female passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. Reynolds said the driver was flown by REACH air ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.
Both individuals were wearing their seat belts, according to the report.
The CHP said driving under the influence is not suspected to have contributed to the collision.
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One killed in early Thursday crash
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