LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — A Clearlake man and a Live Oak woman were killed in a head-on crash on Highway 20 in Colusa County last week.

The California Highway Patrol’s Williams Area office said the crash, caused by a wrong-way driver, occurred at 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, on Highway 20, just inside the Colusa County line.

The Colusa County Sheriff’s Office identified the two drivers who died as 68-year-old Clearlake resident Bernardino Gutierrez and Misti Dawn Wiggins, 49, of Live Oak.

The CHP said Gutierrez was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe westbound while Wiggins was traveling eastbound in a 2023 Hyundai Tucson. Both were traveling alone in their vehicles.

The report said that Gutierrez was driving his Chevrolet the wrong way, heading westbound in the eastbound lane at an unknown rate of speed while Wiggins was approaching from the opposite direction, also at a speed that investigators have not determined.

Gutierrez drove directly into Wiggin’s path, and the two vehicles crashed head-on, the CHP said.

Both drivers died in the wreck, according to the report.

The CHP said both drivers were wearing their seat belts.

Alcohol is not suspected to have played a role in this crash, the CHP said.

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