How to resolve AdBlock issue? LOWER LAKE, Calif. – A man died and a woman was seriously injured when their vehicle went off Highway 29 and hit a power pole early Saturday evening.
The crash, involving a four-door sedan that hit a power pole on Highway 29 just north of Manning Flat, occurred shortly before 5:20 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
Shortly before the crash, witnesses reported the car had been traveling at around 100 miles per hour and was passing other vehicles in an unsafe manner.
When the sedan hit the power pole the pole was sheered off, but didn't knock the wires completely to the ground, according to Kelseyville Fire Engineer/Paramedic DJ Kennedy.
At about the same time Lake County News received reports from area residents that their power went off.
The female was ejected from the vehicle and the male was trapped inside it, according to radio reports.
Kelseyville Fire, Lake County Fire and Cal Fire units responded, arriving to find both crash victims still alive and breathing, scanner reports stated.
The incident commander called for two air ambulances, assessing the victims as having major injuries, according to radio traffic. A landing zone was set up at Kit's Corner for REACH and CalStar air ambulances.
There also were reports to the California Highway Patrol of a possible third victim, but emergency personnel could not locate another crash victim at the scene and so a third air ambulance that was being called was canceled.
A short time later, medical personnel at the scene reported the male patient had died, which Kennedy later confirmed, and the CalStar air ambulance was canceled, based on reports from the scene.
REACH 6 reported lifting off with one patient for Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital at about 6 p.m.
Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.
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