LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — A Saturday night solo-vehicle crash on the Hopland Grade sent one person to a trauma center.

The crash was first reported shortly after 7 p.m. on westbound Highway 175 just inside the Lake County line, according to the California Highway Patrol.

First responders arriving on scene, just after 7:30 p.m. reported over the radio that a vehicle was 200 feet down an embankment. 

Radio reports said there was just one patient. The CHP said that individual was reported to be out of the vehicle and up on the roadway.

Lakeport Fire transported the crash victim to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, where REACH arrived at around 8:30 p.m. to pick the patient up and fly them to a trauma center. 

The CHP said the crash victim suffered major injuries. 

Additional information about the crash and its cause was not immediately available. 

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