LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — A woman died Saturday night in a solo-vehicle wreck along Highway 53.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office identified Corissa Marie Ramirez, 35, with addresses in Clearlake Oaks and Kelseyville, as the crash victim.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said the crash occurred at 11:35 p.m. Saturday.
Ramirez was driving a 1990 Toyota 4Runner northbound on Highway 53, approximately seven tenths of a mile south of the Highway 20 intersection — known as the “Y” — near Clearlake Oaks at an unknown speed, the CHP said.
For reasons yet to be determined, the CHP said Ramirez drove off the east road edge of Highway 53 and lost control of the Toyota.
The CHP report said the vehicle traveled back onto the roadway, crossed over the northbound and southbound lanes of traffic, rolled off the west road edge of Highway 53, and continued overturning down an embankment.
As the vehicle overturned, Ramirez — who the CHP said was not wearing her seat belt — was ejected from the vehicle.
When emergency personnel arrived at the scene, Ramirez was declared deceased, the CHP said.
The CHP said Monday that it was not yet known if drugs or alcohol contributed to the cause of the wreck.
The crash’s cause remains under investigation, the CHP said.
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Saturday night solo-vehicle crash kills driver
- Elizabeth Larson