57° P/SUNNY, Sonoma man, 69, killed in car crash
Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 5:16 p.m.
A 69-year-old Sonoma man driving a custom hot-rod died Saturday in a solo-vehicle crash on southbound Highway 12, just north of Shainsky Road, California Highway Patrol officials said.
Maynard A. Albertson was ejected from the car about 11:20 a.m. after it ran off the east side of the roadway and struck an embankment. He was not wearing a seatbelt, officials said.
A family member said Albertson had spent more than 4,000 hours customizing the car to resemble a 1937 Ford and included more than 50 one-off fabricated parts.
Through a rearview mirror, a witness saw Albertson lose control of the vehicle, said CHP officials in Napa. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
-- Robert Digitale
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