Tuesday evening crash sends one to trauma center

By Editor | Nov. 14, 2012

LOWER LAKE, Calif. – A single-vehicle rollover sent one person to an area trauma center Tuesday evening.

The crash occurred shortly before 5 p.m. on Highway 53 near Lee Court, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The car was reported to have overturned and hit a tree, trapping one person inside. Witnesses reported that the silver passenger vehicle appeared to have come to rest in a creek near Bryant Road.

A landing zone was set up nearby for a REACH air ambulance, and Dam Road and Jesse Street were closed down while firefighters worked at the scene.

The CHP requested that a Santa Rosa unit respond to the hospital for a blood draw once REACH arrived.

The roadway was reported to have been reopened shortly after 6:15 p.m.