LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Authorities are investigating a single-vehicle wreck early Tuesday morning that claimed the life of a Lower Lake man.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office did not release the name of the 58-year-old man, and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office was in the process on Tuesday afternoon of notifying the man’s family.
The CHP’s Tuesday afternoon report said the crash occurred at 3:15 a.m Tuesday.
The driver was in a 2015 Chevrolet Trax SUV traveling westbound on Highway 281 east of Konocti Bay Road at an unknown rate of speed, the CHP said.
The report also noted the wet and rainy conditions at the time of the wreck. Overnight, heavy rain occurred throughout Lake County.
For unknown reasons, the CHP said the driver unsafely turned and allowed his vehicle to travel off the south road edge of Highway 281.
As a result, the SUV crashed into an uphill dirt/grass embankment and overturned, the CHP said.
The CHP said the driver, who was not wearing a seat belt, was partially ejected during the crash and succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
The crash is still under investigation and it is unknown if alcohol or drugs contributed to the collision, the CHP reported.
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