LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A Clearlake man died on Thursday evening when his vehicle collided with a flatbed trailer being towed by a semi.
Lt. Corey Paulich of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office identified the man who died as 41-year-old Michael Brandon Jaco.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said the crash that claimed Jaco’s life occurred at 5:52 p.m. Thursday on Highway 29 at C Street in Lower Lake.
The CHP said Jaco was driving a 1999 Toyota Corolla northbound on Highway 29, approaching the intersection of C Street.
Brian Case, 48, of Clearlake was driving a 2001 Peterbilt 300 series truck, towing a Trailermax flatbed trailer northbound on Highway 29, preparing to make a left turn onto C Street, in front of Jaco, the CHP said.
For reasons still under investigation, Jaco’s Toyota Corolla collided with the rear of Case's Trailermax flatbed trailer, according to the report.
The CHP said Jaco succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Neither Case nor an 11-year-old boy from Clearlake riding with him in his truck were injured, the CHP said.
The CHP said that neither alcohol nor drugs are believed to be factors in the collision.
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Clearlake man dies in Thursday crash near Lower Lake
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