Coroner IDs Area Man Killed In Sonoma Crash

The Sonoma County coroner’s office has identified a driver who died in a solo vehicle crash northeast of Sonoma on Friday night as Yan Wang, 28, of Mountain View.

Wang was driving a 2010 Porsche Cayman south in the 18000 block of Seventh Street north of Castle Road in unincorporated Sonoma County shortly before 11:55 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. The Porsche drifted onto the west shoulder of the road and struck a tree, went airborne, rolled and struck a fence and another tree, CHP officials said.

The Porsche landed on its roof, trapping Wang and a 28-year-old New York man inside.

Wang died at the scene and the passenger, who suffered head and neck trauma, was extricated from the vehicle and taken to Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, according to the CHP.

CHP investigators are looking into whether alcohol played a factor in the crash.

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--Bay City News