STATE OF CALIFORNIA

DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL

An Internationally Accredited Agency
REPORT OF COLLISION - NEWS RELEASE
TYPE OF COLLISION DATE TIME INVESTIGATING OFFICER AREA

Fatal Hit & Run 10/25/2020 23:40 J. Gonzalez Garberville

LOCATION WEATHER
Injury Property Damage SR 162 at Biggar Lane Dark, dry
PERSONS INVOLVED PARTY SAFETY DIR. VEHICLE
AGE SEX EQUIP CITY OF RESIDENCE of INJURY/HOSPITAL *ARREST
NAME NO. USED YEAR & MAKE
TRAVEL
Driver Passenger Pedestrian M YES N MINOR MODERATE MAJOR FATAL YES
Motorcyclist Bicyclist F NO W E 2017 Toyota NO

(Pending Notification) 1 (Pending Notification) S Tacoma Anker-Lucier Mortuary

Driver Passenger Pedestrian M YES N MINOR MODERATE MAJOR FATAL YES

Motorcyclist Bicyclist F NO W E 2017 Toyota NO

(Pending Notification) 1 (Pending Notification) S Tacoma Anker-Lucier Mortuary

Driver Passenger Pedestrian M YES N MINOR MODERATE MAJOR FATAL YES

Motorcyclist Bicyclist F NO (Pending W E 2017 Toyota NO

(Pending Identification) 1 Identification) S Tacoma Enloe Hospital

Driver Passenger Pedestrian M YES N MINOR MODERATE MAJOR FATAL YES

Motorcyclist Bicyclist F NO W E NO
S
Driver Passenger Pedestrian M YES N MINOR MODERATE MAJOR FATAL YES
Motorcyclist Bicyclist F NO W E NO
S
Driver Passenger Pedestrian M YES N MINOR MODERATE MAJOR FATAL YES

Motorcyclist Bicyclist F NO W E NO
S

* Information provided on this document is in accordance with For purposes of the CHP 288, fatal victim information
Government Code sections 6254(f) and 6254(f)(2). is releasable through the coroner.
SUMMARY
On October 25, 2020, at approximately 2346 hours, an adult female was driving a Toyota Tacoma northbound on Howard St. north of SR-162
at a high rate of speed. There was an adult male in the front passenger seat and an adult female in the rear seat. For reasons still under
investigation, the female drove the Toyota off the east roadway edge of Howard St., through a wood fence prior to colliding with a tree. The
female driver and male front passenger succumbed to their injuries and were pronounced deceased at the scene. The female rear passenger
was flown to Enloe Medical Center in Chico with major injuries. The identity of the driver and front passenger are being withheld pending
notification of next of kin. The identity of the rear passenger is being withheld pending positive identification.

Impairment as a factor is still under investigation.

Long Valley Volunteer Fire Department, CalFire, Reach Air, Laytonville Ambulance and the Mendocino County Sheriffs Department assisted
with processing the collision scene and transporting the injured party.

SUBMITTED BY: DATE TIME CORONER'S OFFICE CASE NUMBER

R. Fowler 10/26/2020
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