Lily Ann Richey, 23, of Redding died in the crash, said Lauren Berlinn, spokesperson for the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office Richey’s 2009 Subaru Forester was found in a creek bed off Highway 20 east of Walker Ridge Road early Sunday.
The CHP said the crash happened several hours before Richey’s vehicle was found.
Based on what is known so far, investigators said Richey’s Forester veered to the right of the roadway, hit an embankment, crossed the highway to the south and went down another embankment and into the creek bed, overturning several times.
Richey was wearing her seat belt and the Subaru’s front and side air bags deployed, the CHP said.
The CHP office said Tuesday that no new information on the cause of the crash was available.
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