LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – One person was reported to have died early Sunday morning following a vehicle rollover near Lakeport.
The solo-vehicle wreck was reported shortly after 12 a.m. by someone who said they heard a loud crash, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP said the crash was reported in the 1500 block of Mountview Road, near the intersection with Scotts Valley Road.
Firefighters arriving at the scene at around 12:15 a.m. found an overturned SUV with an unconscious male subject who had been ejected from the vehicle, according to radio reports.
An air ambulance was requested but a few minutes later the medic unit on scene reported that the patient had died, with the CHP’s online report confirming a fatality shortly thereafter.
The sheriff’s department was dispatched to respond to the scene because of the fatality, radio traffic indicated.
Additional details about the wreck were not immediately available early Sunday.
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Early morning vehicle rollover leaves one dead
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