LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A man who crashed his vehicle last weekend and who allegedly left the scene and his passenger – who died – has been rearrested in the case.

Danny Fields II, 27, of Clearlake was arrested for vehicular manslaughter, felony driving under the influence, felony hit and run resulting in death or injury and driving on a suspended license, according to Officer Kory Reynolds of the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office.

The collision in which Fields was involved, which occurred early on the morning of Sunday, April 15, took the life of 31-year-old Jennifer Clark of Clearlake, as Lake County News has reported.

According to the investigation, Clark had been riding with Fields in his 1984 Chevrolet El Camino, headed southbound on Highway 29 just north of Lower Lake when the collision occurred, sometime between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. Sunday.

Fields’ vehicle went off the road and down an embankment, hitting a walnut tree, according to investigators.

He then allegedly left the scene, got a ride to the Lower Lake Tower Mart, and from there was transported by his parents to St. Helena Hospital Clearlake, which notified the CHP just before 9 a.m. that day that a collision had occurred.

The vehicle was discovered by sheriff’s deputies less than 20 minutes after the crash was reported, according to officials. Clark, still inside the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene.

CHP officers originally had arrested Fields for felony driving under the influence and felony hit and run causing death or injury, and had a blood sample taken. However, they had released him due to his injuries, Sgt. Rick Okazaki told Lake County News earlier this week.

Okazaki had said releasing Fields did not preclude the CHP from pursuing charges against him.

Reynolds said Fields, who sustained major injuries in the crash, was arrested on Thursday following his release from Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, where he had been transferred for treatment.

Fields was booked into the Lake County Jail with bail set at $210,000, Reynolds said.

Fields did not appear in online jail records Friday afternoon.

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