CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – A driver escaped injury Tuesday after her vehicle went off Highway 20 and into Widgeon Bay.

The single-vehicle crash occurred just east of Hillside Lane shortly after 5 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.

The female driver was headed eastbound on Highway 20 when she lost control of the small SUV, which slid off into the bay, said Northshore Fire Protection District Chief Jay Beristianos.

The vehicle came to rest facing in a westerly direction, its wiper blades still moving and its headlights on. It landed about 20 feet from a nearby dock.

Beristianos said the woman had managed to get out of the car and was uninjured.

The Northshore Dive Team responded to the scene to assist with hooking the vehicle up to the tow cable in order to remove it from the water. CHP also was at the scene.

Northshore Fire Deputy Chief Pat Brown said it was the third vehicle collision district firefighters had responded to on a rainy Tuesday. He said all of the crashes were noninjury.

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