LAKEPORT, Calif. – A 19-year-old Kelseyville man was injured on Sunday night in a two-vehicle crash in Lakeport.
Elias Alvarez suffered major injuries in the wreck, which occurred at 7:50 p.m. Sunday on northbound Highway 29 north of 11th Street, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office.
The second vehicle involved in the crash was driven by 52-year-old Rebecca Series of Napa. The CHP said Serris sustained minor injuries.
The CHP said Alvarez was driving a 2003 Chevrolet SUV in the No. 1 lane and Serris a 2014 Toyota in the No. 2 lane, both of them traveling northbound, when Alvarez allowed his vehicle to veer into Serris’ lane.
Alvarez’s SUV struck Serris’ Toyota, with the impact causing Serris’ vehicle to spin out of control into the center lane, according to the CHP report.
The CHP said Alvarez’s SUV continued up the dirt embankment on the east side of the roadway and hit a tree.
Alvarez was trapped in the driver’s seat of his Chevrolet and had to be extricated by firefighters with the Lakeport Fire Protection District, the CHP said.
A Lakeport Fire ambulance transported Alvarez to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, where a REACH air ambulance picked him up and transported him to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, according to the CHP and scene reports.
Serris was treated for minor injuries at the scene, the CHP said.
The CHP said both Alvarez and Serris were using their seat belts at the time of the wreck.
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Kelseyville man injured in Sunday night wreck
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