CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – A Lucerne woman was injured and had to be lifeflighted out of the county on Thursday after her vehicle went into the lake.
Christine Koschei, 41, was injured in the Thursday afternoon crash on Highway 20 near Island Drive, according to the California Highway Patrol.
CHP Officer Kory Reynolds said Friday that Koschei was driving a Ford Explorer with 46-year-old Stephanie Curtis-Kyle and a 6-year-old girl riding as passengers.
The vehicle went off the highway and into Clear Lake. Reynolds said investigators were not sure what led to the vehicle going into the water.
Koschei suffered major injuries and was flown out of the county, the CHP reported.
Her vehicle was recovered from the lake through the use of the Northshore Dive Team's heavy duty air bags, which lift sunken vehicles.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office's Marine Patrol then towed the vehicle to a spot along the lakeshore where it could be removed.
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