LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A young Fresno County man died in a solo-vehicle crash on Highway 20 late Sunday night.

The crash occurred on Highway 20 east of Clearlake Oaks, as Lake County News has reported.

The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office did not release the name of the 25-year-old man from Selma in its Tuesday night report on the crash, citing the pending notification of next of kin.

The CHP said the man was a passenger in a maroon 2006 Toyota Scion driven by 20-year-old Brandon Sadler of Bakersfield.

At approximately 11:20 p.m. Sunday Sadler was driving his Toyota westbound on Highway 20, east of New Long Valley Road, at approximately 55 to 60 miles per hour, the CHP said.

Sadler related to CHP investigators that he entered a right-hand turn too quickly and applied the brakes.  

He lost control of his vehicle, causing the Toyota to run into the ascending embankment on the north shoulder, the CHP report said.

Due to hitting the embankment, the CHP said the Toyota began to roll over multiple times and landed on the driver’s side. The vehicle came to rest in the eastbound lane, facing a southwesterly direction.  

As a result of the wreck, the CHP said the passenger was rendered unresponsive and succumbed to his injuries. He was pronounced dead on scene by medical personnel.  

Sadler was transported to Adventist Health in Clearlake to treatment of minor injuries, the CHP said.

The report said Sadler was wearing his seat belt while his passenger was not.

The CHP said alcohol was not determined to be a factor in this crash.

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