- Elizabeth Larson
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Driver killed in Highway 20 wreck
The crash occurred shortly after 8:15 p.m. Tuesday in the area of milepost marker 37 on Highway 20 near Walker Ridge Road, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Radio reports stated that a white SUV had gone off the highway and down an embankment. CHP officers at the scene estimated the vehicle was between 100 and 200 feet down the embankment and off the road.
When firefighters and CHP officers first arrived, they found the driver to be in critical condition and unresponsive, and they requested an air ambulance respond to the Walker Ridge area, based on radio reports.
Shortly afterward, firefighters reported over the air that the driver had died, which the CHP separately confirmed.
A passenger in the vehicle was reported to have minor injuries and was transported by ground ambulance to Adventist Health Clear Lake, according to scanner traffic.
A short time later, radio traffic indicated that REACH 6 was requested to respond to the hospital and transport that patient to an out-of-county trauma center.
Additional information will be published as it becomes available.
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