WOMAN KILLED IN HIGHWAY 29 CRASH

A 76-year-old Clearlake woman was killed Friday and another driver

seriously injured in a head-on collision that closed Highway 29 in Lake County

for more than an hour.

The woman's name was not released pending notification of her family, the

CHP said. Authorities also withheld the name of the 85-year-old Clearlake Oaks

man who suffered major injuries in the 9:50 a.m. crash, saying his family

hadn't been contacted.

The collision occurred just north of Hofacker Lane between Lower Lake and

Hidden Valley. The woman, driving southbound, drifted into northbound traffic

for unknown reasons, the CHP said.

Her 2004 Ford Focus collided with the 2005 Chevrolet Impala driven by the

Clearlake Oaks man, the CHP said.

The incident closed Highway 29 for nearly 90 minutes.

The injured man was taken by air ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.

His condition was not known.

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