CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol on Monday identified the two men who died last week in a two-vehicle collision near Clearlake Oaks.
Officer Kory Reynolds of the CHP’s Clear Lake Area Office said Dennis Glik, 58, and Zemmie Cedric Potter, 54, both of Clearlake Oaks, died in the crash, which occurred on the night of Wednesday, Nov. 21.
The crash occurred at 6 p.m. on Highway 20 west of Highway 53, as Lake County News has reported.
Glik was driving a 1974 Ford F350 box pickup truck eastbound on Highway 20 approaching Highway 53 with Potter as his passenger when he crossed the double-yellow dividing lines and traveled into the westbound lane, directly in the path of a 1964 Toyota FJ40 driven by 36-year-old Scott Flora of Ukiah.
The CHP said both Glik and Potter were declared dead at the scene.
Flora was flown to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital while his 12-year-old passenger, Emma Steele-Hunt of Santa Rosa, was taken by air ambulance to UC Davis Medical Center. She had been sitting in the Toyota’s backseat and was not wearing a seatbelt, and was thrown from the vehicle.
A third passenger, Zachary Roes, 30, of Santa Rosa, had minor injuries and was treated at the scene, the CHP said.
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital spokesperson Katy Hillenmeyer said Monday that Flora remained in critical condition.
On Monday, UC Davis Medical Center said Steele-Hunt was not listed as a patient at that point, so no update on her condition was immediately available.
The investigation into the causes of the crash remain under investigation, the CHP said.
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