LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol is investigating a Wednesday crash that resulted in one fatality near Clearlake Oaks.

So far, the identity of the crash victim has not been released by authorities.

Sheriff’s spokesperson Lauren Berlinn told Lake County News Thursday afternoon that they are still working on next of kin notification.

The CHP’s Clear Lake Area office said their officers were dispatched to assist the sheriff’s office with a fatality traffic collision at 3:11 p.m. Wednesday.

The CHP said the sheriff’s office was investigating a missing persons case and, with the assistance of California Department of Fish and Wildlife, located a vehicle down a steep embankment on High Valley Road, near Valley Oak Drive.

The investigating officers and deputies found the missing person dead near the vehicle.

The CHP is investigating this incident.

Anyone with information or knowledge of the incident is asked to contact the Clear Lake CHP Office, at 707-279-0103.

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