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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A young Kelseyville man has died after being injured in a Thursday night crash on the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff.
The name of the 21-year-old man who died as a result of the crash was not immediately available early Friday afternoon from the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP said the man was driving a 2000 Hyundai Elantra southbound on the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff west of the Rodman Slough at 10:20 p.m. Thursday.
For reasons still under investigation, he lost control of the vehicle and hit a tree, sustaining major injuries, the CHP said.
Reports from the scene Thursday night had indicated that air ambulances were not available to transport him out of county due to the inclement weather, and so he was transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital, as Lake County News has reported.
The CHP said the young man died of his injuries at Sutter Lakeside Hospital.
He was wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash, and the CHP said alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation, the CHP said.
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COBB, Calif. – A Napa man was the victim of a Tuesday afternoon motorcycle crash on Cobb.
Matthew McDonald, 42, was injured in the incident, which occurred on Highway 175 east of Arroyo Vista Road just after 4 p.m. Tuesday, as Lake County News has reported.
The California Highway Patrol said McDonald was driving his 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle eastbound when, due to his alcohol impairment, he failed to negotiate a corner in the road.
McDonald and the motorcycle overturned on the roadway, with McDonald sustaining moderate injuries, the CHP said.
The CHP said McDonald was transported via REACH air ambulance to Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa County.
CHP Officer Mark Crutcher is investigating the crash.
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MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – Middletown High School’s girls soccer team has been consistently very good for several years, and this year they’ve risen to the nearly perfect.
With North Coast Section playoff wins in Middletown this week by scores of 5-0 over Saint Helena and 3-1 over Cloverdale, their record stands at 20 wins, no losses and one tie.
Their next and final test is the North Coast Section Division III Championship game against Sonoma Academy this Saturday at 1 p.m. at Clear Lake High School in Lakeport.
Last year’s team lost a heartbreaking 1-0 double overtime game to Saint Helena in the semifinals of this tournament.
But this past Wednesday night, they cleared that hurdle with their convincing 3-1 win over Cloverdale.
After that semifinal victory, coach Lee Hoage commented: “We started off a little slow, but we persisted. They have that sweeper that plays way back … so the idea was to stretch the ball wide, kind of move the defense around and then send some crosses in … we got our first goal coming in from the side there.”
That first goal was scored by freshman Ashlyn Welton 30 minutes into the first half.
“It was a deflection off Kaleigh’s (Alves) head and I was there for the finish,” she explained. “We just all wanted to do it, to let everyone know Middletown sports is more than football.”
That first goal looked like it might be the only one of the game until a flurry of action in the game’s last ten minutes made the final 3-1.
First, senior Kelly Wilkinson scored on a breakaway to put Middleton ahead 2-0, then Madison Stewart slipped a penalty kick past Middletown junior goalkeep Cheyenne Emerson to give Cloverdale hope at 2-1, and finally Hannah Diaz was able to drive a 40-yard direct kick past Cloverdale keeper Bailey Creager, making the score 3-1.
Asked how his team was able to hold Cloverdale scoreless for the games first 75 minutes, coach Hoage said, “We just knew a couple of their key players, 24 (Madison Stewart), and number 9 (Perla Anguiano). We had some of our fastest players on her (Stewart) in the second half just to try to keep her from putting the ball in.”
Middletown defeated their rival for the championship, Sonoma Academy, 6-1 back in September.
Looking ahead to Saturday’s rematch, coach Hoage said: “They’ll be disciplined. It’s going to be a different contest than the first match, that’s for sure. That was early ... It’s going to be a battle.”
Cloverdale coach Steve Stewart was gracious after his team’s defeat.
“Middletown’s a championship team and they capitalized on our mistakes,” Stewart said. “They had a breakaway and they scored; we had a breakaway and their goalie stops it. We gave it all we had and they were just the better team today, so, I’m rootin’ for them.”
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NICE, Calif. – A Thursday night crash near the Rodman Slough sent one person to a local hospital with major injuries.
The solo vehicle crash occurred shortly before 10:30 p.m. on the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The vehicle, which officials did not describe, slid off the roadway and hit a tree, the CHP said.
One person suffered major injuries, and reports from the scene indicated that incident command wanted an air ambulance to respond to transport the patient. However, REACH and CalStar reported that their air ambulances were unavailable due to weather.
Northshore Fire responded with extrication equipment and requested assistance from Lakeport Fire, which sent a rescue unit, according to radio traffic.
The cutoff was closed for about 20 minutes as firefighters extricated the patient from the vehicle, the CHP said.
Radio reports indicated the patient was transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital and the incident command was terminated at approximately 11:18 p.m.
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