News agencies indicate that a 4-year-old boy from Lakeport was killed Wednesday after he was struck by a vehicle on Soda Bay Road, east of Osprey Court. California Highway Patrol Officer Kory Reynolds said the boy was walking east with his family on Soda Bay Road’s northern shoulder around 12:30pm Wednesday when, for reasons unknown, he stepped out into the westbound lane. At that moment, a 2004 Saturn SUV driven by a 39-year-old Lakeport man passed by and struck the (read more)
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29
Jul
2011
4-Year-Old Dies in Lakeport Car Accident
News agencies stated that a 30-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday in Lakeport after causing a crash on Highway 29 in Lakeport, allegedly because she was under the influence, and endangering her infant daughter. According to California Highway Patrol Officer Kory Reynolds, the woman was driving her 2004 Chevrolet Impala northbound on Highway 29, just north of Highway 281 and Soda Bay Road, when her vehicle veered across the centerline and into oncoming traffic. Her vehicle then struck the left rear (read more)
Read MoreA single-vehicle accident sent a sedan into a Lake County ravine Monday afternoon, say news reports. According to witness reports the burgundy Nissan Altima was traveling on westbound Highway 175 over the Hopeland Grade outside of Lakeport, when it deviated from its path, went off the road and down a ravine. At some point the sedan overturned and came to rest on its roof. Outside of a scratch on the male passenger’s elbow, neither the he nor the female occupant (read more)
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