LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol said a Ukiah woman died in a head-on wreck on Highway 20 at Blue Lakes on Saturday afternoon.
Brittany Marie Turner, 31, was identified as the crash victim, said Lt. Corey Paulich of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
In its Wednesday report on the crash, the CHP’s Clear Lake Area office said the crash occurred at 2:50 p.m. Saturday on Highway 20 west of Blue Lakes Road.
Brittany Turner was driving a 1997 Mazda Protege sedan eastbound with 34-year-old Patrick Turner of Ukiah riding as her passenger, the CHP said.
Driving westbound and approaching the Mazda was 18-year-old Robert Fetzer of Redwood Valley in a 2001 Volkswagen Jetta, with passenger Taylor Travis, 19, of Ukiah, the CHP said.
The CHP said that for reasons still under investigation, Brittany Turner’s Mazda sedan crossed over the solid double yellow lines and collided head-on into Fetzer’s Volkswagen.
Both vehicles became disabled within the westbound lane, the CHP said.
The CHP said Brittany Turner was extricated from the vehicle but, after life saving measures, she succumbed to her injuries on scene.
Neither alcohol nor drugs are suspected with the parties involved in the crash, the CHP said.
The CHP said Patrick Turner, who was not using his safety equipment, suffered major injuries. Fetzer had minor injuries, as did Travis.
The crash at Blue Lakes was the second fatal automobile wreck in Lake County on Saturday. Earlier in the day, a Hidden Valley Lake man died after his pickup was hit by a box truck near Middletown, as Lake County News has reported.
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