MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol has released an initial report on a fatal Sunday morning head-on wreck and identified the woman who died in it.
Ann Mcghee, 86, of Napa was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred on Highway 29 south of Grange Road at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, the CHP said.
In explaining the events that led to the crash, the CHP’s Monday report said that Mcghee was driving her 2009 Toyota Prius southbound on Highway 29 at approximately 55 miles per hour.
Enrique Jimenez, 61, of Sonoma, was driving a 2001 Ford F-150 pickup northbound, also at approximately 55 miles per hour, the CHP said. Riding with him was passenger Teresa Chairez, 56, also of Sonoma.
The CHP said that, for an unknown reason, Mcghee’s vehicle drifted to the right and onto the shoulder.
She overcorrected and subsequently lost control of the Prius, which traveled to the left, crossing the roadway and traveling into the northbound lane, where it collided head-on with Jimenez’s pickup, the CHP said.
Mcghee died of her injuries at the scene, the CHP said.
Jiminez and Chairez were flown to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital via REACH air ambulance. The CHP said both had moderate injuries.
The CHP said Highway 29 was completely blocked for approximately one hour following the wreck.
South Lake County Fire Protection District and Cal Fire were on the scene to assist with the rescue as well as one-way traffic control, officials said.
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CHP reports on fatal Sunday Middletown crash
- Elizabeth Larson