2 Die In Napa County Highway 29 Head-On Collision

NAPA COUNTY, CA — A Yountville man and a Lower Lake man died early Tuesday in a head-on collision north of St. Helena, according to the California Highway Patrol. The fatal crash occurred at 2:10 a.m. on state Highway 29 north of Bale Lane, when the driver of a red 2014 Chevrolet Sonic crossed over the double-yellow line and collided head-on with a white 2010 Toyota Prius, CHP Officer Marc Renspurger said.

Prior to the collision, the Chevrolet was traveling southbound at an unknown speed and the Toyota was traveling northbound, also at an unknown speed, Renspurger said.

"For reasons still under investigation, the Chevrolet traversed the painted solid double yellow lines that separate the northbound and southbound lanes, traveled [the] wrong way into the northbound lane and collided head-on with the Toyota," Renspurger said.

Sadly, authorities said both drivers died at the scene.

The Toyota driver was identified as 32-year-old Jonathan Thorn of Lower Lake, according to Napa County Undersheriff Jon Crawford.

The Napa County Sheriff-Coroner's Office identified the Chevrolet driver as a 68-year-old Yountville man named Andress Hatch. According to the CHP, Hatch was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the collision.