LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — An early Saturday morning wreck involving a fuel tanker and a car on Highway 29 left a local woman with major injuries.

The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office identified the woman who was injured as Brenda Lee Sandage, 64.

At 3:55 a.m., the CHP responded to a call of a head-on traffic crash involving a fuel tanker truck and a sedan on Highway 29 north of Hofacker Lane near Lower Lake.

The CHP said responding units determined that Sandage was driving north on Highway 29 and entered into the oncoming traffic lane directly ahead of the fuel tanker truck.

Sandage was transported via air ambulance to Kaiser Vacaville for treatment of major injuries sustained, the CHP said.

THe CHP said the driver of the fuel tanker truck was uninjured.

The cause of the crash is under investigation, and it is unknown at this time if alcohol or drugs were a contributing factor.

Officer Luis Estrada is the investigating officer. Persons with information or knowledge of the incident are asked to contact the Clear Lake CHP Office at 707-279-5200.