How to resolve AdBlock issue? LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Local law enforcement officials are interviewing a woman who they believe was the driver in a fatal hit and run collision on Tuesday morning.
The crash, which took place at about 7:45 a.m. on Highway 29 south of Lower Lake, claimed the life of a bicyclist, as Lake County News has reported.
Not long after the crash, the California Highway Patrol had put out a request to the community for assistance in finding a black SUV believed to have been involved.
A short time later, CHP Officer Kory Reynolds, who was at the scene late Tuesday morning, told Lake County News that the CHP had located the driver who they believed was involved.
A woman had gone to the Clearlake Police Department at around 9:30 a.m. to report that she thought she may have hit someone. She initially thought she had hit a deer, but then saw posts on Facebook about a person being hit on the road, the CHP reported.
The woman was reported to have been driving a burgundy-colored Chevy Tahoe.
Reynolds said CHP officers were interviewing the woman.
He said additional details about the incident would be made available as soon as possible.
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