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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday afternoon released the names of two men who died earlier in the day from injuries they suffered in a car wreck on Highway 29.
Sgt. Steve Brooks identified the two men as Randy Alton Orange, 53, of Clearlake Oaks, and 28-year-old Kenneth Jeffery Waters of Kelseyville.
Orange and Waters were riding in a 1999 Chevy Tahoe driven by 26-year-old Dylan Waters of Clearlake Oaks at 2:40 a.m. Tuesday when the crash occurred north of Diener Drive.
Dylan Waters lost control of the vehicle in a curve and went off the road, hitting an oak tree, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Orange was pronounced dead at the scene while Kenneth Waters was flown by a CalStar air ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, where he died, the CHP reported.
Dylan Waters had minor injuries and was treated at St. Helena Hospital Clearlake.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – A second person has died as a result of a Tuesday morning crash near Lower Lake.
The single-vehicle wreck, which occurred on Highway 29 north of Diener Drive at 2:40 a.m., has now claimed the lives of a 53-year-old Clearlake Oaks man and a 28-year-old Kelseyville man, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The names of the two men have so far not been released, pending notification of kin, the CHP said.
According to a report from investigating Officer Adam Garcia, 26-year-old Dylan Waters of Clearlake Oaks was driving a 1999 Chevy Tahoe SUV southbound on Highway 29 when he failed to negotiate a left curve in the road.
The Tahoe continued straight off the road and struck an oak tree, according to Garcia’s report.
The 53-year-old passenger, riding in the right front, was declared dead at the scene, Garcia reported.
The 28-year-old, who was riding in the right rear of the Tahoe, was transported by CalStar air ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, where Garcia said the man died.
Waters was transported to St. Helena Hospital Clearlake for treatment of minor injuries, according to the report.
The CHP said that Waters was not wearing his seatbelt, but both of his passengers were belted.
Garcia said alcohol was not a factor in the crash.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – One person was reported to have died and another suffered major injuries in a single-vehicle crash near Lower lake early Tuesday morning.
The crash was reported at approximately 2:41 a.m. and involved an SUV into a telephone pole, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Reports from the scene stated the crash occurred in the 8400 block of Highway 29.
Lake County Fire and Kelseyville Fire, along with CHP and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, responded to the scene.
Upon the arrival of emergency personnel radio reports indicated there were two people in the vehicle, one of whom had died, with the other having major injuries and needing to be extricated.
The northbound highway lane was partially blocked as a result of the crash, according to reports from the scene.
A landing zone was set up at Red Hills Road, with a CalStar air ambulance responding to the scene to transport the surviving patient.
Incident command at the scene was cleared shortly before 5 a.m., with the roadway reopened.
Additional details about the crash, its cause and the victims were not immediately available.
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LAKEPORT, Calif. – A wildland fire near Lakeport on Monday burned five acres before it was fully contained.
The fire occurred in the State Responsibility Area near Highway 29 and Mockingbird Lane, and was reported at approximately 11:12 a.m., according to Cal Fire Battalion Chief Julie Hutchinson.
Hutchinson said the fire – which primarily burned grass – was contained at 11:45 a.m., with mop up continuing until late Monday afternoon. No structures were reported to have been threatened.
Cal Fire sent five engines and a full response of air tankers, an air attack and a helicopter, said Hutchinson. The air tankers weren’t used but the helicopter worked the fire for about an hour.
She said local fire agencies also sent engines to the scene.
Cal Fire did not report a precise cause.
However, reports from the scene indicated there may have been issues with power equipment.
Lakeport Fire Chief Ken Wells said he received photographic evidence from U.S. Forest Service firefighters who responded that showed a dead bird next to a power pole, surrounded by burned grass.
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