KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff's Office has released the name of a woman who died following a head-on collision near Kelseyville on Thursday.
Lt. Steve Brooks identified the woman as Lee Ann White, 63, of Hidden Valley Lake.
White died of her injuries at Sutter Lakeside Hospital following the crash, which occurred shortly after noon on Highway 29 north of Highway 281, as Lake County News has reported.
White was driving her 1995 Mitsubishi Expo northbound when 60-year-old Janet Lee Mix of Clearlake crossed into White's path and hit her head-on, the CHP.
Mix, who was driving southbound, had allowed her 1999 Toyota Sienna to drift onto the highway shoulder and made an unsafe turning movement to get back onto the road, which caused the vehicle to cross the southbound lane and travel into the northbound lane, where she hit White.
Mix, who had moderate injuries, was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs and released to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, where White also was transported, according to the CHP.
Two children riding in Mix's vehicle, a 7-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl, suffered major injuries, with the boy flown to UC Davis Medical Center with the girl taken to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, the CHP said.
The CHP said the crash remains under investigation.
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