How to resolve AdBlock issue? The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said the crash occurred just before 6 p.m. Thursday on Highway 29 at Bottle Rock Road.
The CHP said Angela Salazar, 58, of Lakeport was driving a 1997 Nissan Quest northbound on Highway 29 approaching the intersection with Bottle Rock Road.
At the same time, Flora Hutchison, 73, of Cobb, driving a 2012 Nissan Pathfinder, was stopped in Highway 29’s northbound lane waiting to make a left turn onto Bottle Rock Road with her left turn signal on, the CHP said.
Crystal Johnson, 36, of Kelseyville was driving a 2007 Chevy pickup southbound approaching Bottle Rock, while the CHP said 16-year-old Bryson Trask of Clearlake was driving a 1994 Toyota pickup behind Salazar in the northbound lane.
The CHP said Salazar failed to notice that Hutchison was stopped and hit the rear of the Hutchison’s Nissan.
Salazar’s vehicle then bounced into the southbound lane, directly in Johnson’s path, hitting the left front of Johnson’s pickup, the CHP said.
Trask applied the brakes to his pickup but was unable to stop and hit the rear of Salazar’s Nissan, according to the report.
The wreck left the cars driven by Salazar, Johnson and Trask disabled and blocking both lanes of the highway and the Bottle Rock Road intersection, the CHP said.
The CHP said the roadway was closed for an extended period of time to extricate Salazar and remove the additional disabled vehicles.
Salazar was transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital with moderate injuries, which the CHP said included complaint of pain to her arm. The other drivers were uninjured.
All of the drivers were wearing their seat belts at the time of the wreck, and the CHP said neither drugs nor alcohol were determined to be factors in the crash.
The crash is still under investigation and the CHP asks that any witnesses contact its Kelseyville office at 707-279-0103.
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