Police ID crash victim's body

<p>A Middletown woman who lost control of her car and caused a crash on Highway 29 in Lake County was identified Tuesday as the driver who died in the collision, the CHP said.</p><p>Carmen Deanna Barnett, 36, was driving south on the rural highway near Hidden Valley at about 6:25 p.m. Monday when her car drifted onto the shoulder and hit a curb, the CHP said.</p><p>She tried to regain control but went too far and overcorrected, causing her 1999 Dodge Intrepid to spin.</p><p>The car spun into opposing traffic and the path of driver Kathleen Edwards, 49, of Nevada City. Edwards couldn’t avoid a collision and the front of her 2000 Isuzu Trooper crashed into the driver’s side of Barnett’s car.</p><p>Barnett died in the crash.</p><p>Edwards and passenger Judy Farmer, 67, of Clearlake Oaks were taken to Redbud Community Hospital. Edwards was treated for minor injuries and released.</p><p>Farmer had multiple injuries including a broken pelvis, wrist and forearm, the CHP said. She later was transported to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.</p>