NORTH COAST, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol is investigating a solo-vehicle wreck on Tuesday evening in Mendocino County that killed a Potter Valley man.

The crash occurred at 5:28 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 101, nearly two miles north of the Sonoma County line, the CHP’s Ukiah Area office reported.

The CHP’s early Wednesday morning report on the wreck did not identify the 46-year-old man who died.

The CHP said the man was traveling alone in a silver 2006 Toyota pickup, heading northbound on Highway 101 at approximately 80 miles per hour.

For unknown reasons, the pickup began to skid out of control. The CHP said it traveled west of the west roadway edge and then continued skidding in a northeasterly direction across both lanes and onto the right-hand shoulder. There, the Toyota’s front end hit a rock, causing the pickup to overturn.

The Toyota came to rest on all four wheels, in the northbound No. 2 lane, facing an easterly direction, the CHP said.

The driver was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash and he sustained fatal injuries as a result, according to the CHP report.

The CHP said the wreck remains under investigation.

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