LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol said a Willows man was killed on Saturday when the tanker truck he was driving overturned on Highway 20.
The CHP’s Clear Lake Area office did not identify the 57-year-old man, pending notification of his family.
The wreck occurred at 6:10 a.m. Saturday on Highway 20 east of Clearlake Oaks.
The CHP said the driver was heading westbound in a 2013 Kenworth tanker truck.
While he was negotiating a right-hand curve in the roadway, the tanker overturned, crossing the eastbound lane and traveling down an embankment south of the highway, the CHP said.
The tanker contained a large quantity of milk, some of which the CHP said was released onto the ground.
The man, who was wearing his seat belt, sustained major injuries as a result of the collision and was pronounced deceased by medical responders at the scene, according to the CHP report.
The CHP said neither drugs nor alcohol are suspected as being factors in the wreck.
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