KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Authorities are investigating a traffic incident on Saturday night in Kelseyville that killed a Redwood Valley woman.
Ashley Pulawa, 26, died in the incident on Saturday at around 6:30 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office.
Originally, witnesses had reported a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian, as Lake County News has reported.
However, the CHP’s Monday report indicated that Pulawa wasn’t a pedestrian but had been riding in a 2000 Nissan pickup driven by her partner, 24-year-old Tyler Hunter, also of Redwood Valley.
The CHP said Hunter was driving his pickup northbound on Highway 29, south of Kelseyville, at between 45 and 50 miles per hour.
Pulawa was seated in the right front passenger seat and their two children were seated in the rear, the CHP said.
For reasons still under investigation, the CHP said Pulawa departed the vehicle through the right front door.
The CHP said Hunter immediately brought the vehicle to a stop on the right shoulder, called 911 and began trying to render medical aid.
Pulawa sustained fatal injuries as a result of the incident, the CHP said.
The use of drugs or alcohol is still being investigated to determine if they were factors in the case, the CHP said.
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Redwood Valley woman dies in Saturday traffic incident
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