California Highway Patrol and Lakeport Fire Protection District firefighters responded to a single-vehicle crash just after 4 p.m. Wednesday, November 24, 2010, along Highway 29 outside of Lakeport, Calif. Despite the fact that his vehicle flipped over, the male driver was uninjured. Photo by Elizabeth Larson.
LAKEPORT, Calif. -- A driver escaped injury on Wednesday when his vehicle went off the highway and flipped over.
The single-vehicle crash occurred shortly after 4 p.m. on Highway 29 outside of Lakeport.
Officer Efrain Cortez of the California Highway Patrol said the male driver was heading southbound in the righthand lane in his Toyota Camry when he drifted off the highway.
The vehicle went onto the shoulder, which was muddy from the recent storms. Cortez said the mud grabbed the wheels and when the man tried to steer back onto the highway he overcorrected.
The Camry flipped over and went through a fence, landing on its top in the northbound lane of Mountain View Road.
Also responding to the scene was Lakeport Fire Protection District, which brought an ambulance. However, Cortez said the driver was uninjured.
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