How to resolve AdBlock issue? KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – A Kelseyville man died after his pickup went off the road and hit a utility pole and a tree on Saturday afternoon.
Daniel Lua, 22, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred at 3:35 p.m. on Saddle Road, east of Spur Road, near Kelseyville, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP said Lua was driving a 2001 GMC pickup eastbound on Saddle Road at an unknown speed, with a 17-year-old juvenile from Kelseyville riding as his passenger.
Lua did not slow down enough as he was going through a slight righthand curve and he ran off the north roadway edge. The CHP said the left side of the pickup hit a utility pole, with the GMC continuing on until the left front hit a large pine tree.
The vehicle came to rest facing in an easterly direction, north of Saddle Road's north roadway edge, according to the CHP report.
Lua was extricated from the vehicle but he died before he could be transported by helicopter to a regional trauma center. The CHP said the juvenile was flown by air ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.
Alcohol is not considered a factor in the crash, said the CHP.
The report did not state if Lua and his passenger were using safety equipment.
The crash remains under investigation, the CHP said.
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