A Lake County woman died Thursday from injuries suffered in a head-on collision near Clear Lake Riviera after an oncoming driver, later arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, veered into the opposing lane, the CHP said.
Hidden Valley Lake resident Lee Ann White, 63, died at Sutter Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport after a planned air transport to a regional trauma center was aborted, CHP and Kelseyville fire personnel said.
The 12:15 p.m. collision occurred on Highway 29 between Lower Lake and Kelseyville, the CHP said. Authorities said Janet Lee Mix, 60, of Clearlake, was driving a 1999 Toyota Sienna southbound when she drifted onto the dirt shoulder, overcorrected and careened into the northbound lane, hitting the 1995 Mitsubishi Expo driven by White.
Mix suffered moderate injuries and was released to Sutter Lakeside for treatment after her arrest, the CHP said. Her grandchildren were seriously injured: a 7-year-old boy was airlifted to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, and a 10-year-old girl was taken to Sutter Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport, the CHP said.
-- Mary Callahan
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