Two Coast Guard Members Killed in Fiery Bodega Bay Crash

By Bay City News Service:

Two members of the U.S. Coast Guard were killed in a solo vehicle crash on state Highway 1 in Bodega Bay Saturday, the Sonoma County sheriff’s officials said.

The Sonoma County coroner’s office identified them as Daniel McKnew, 25, of Lake Jackson, Texas, and Samantha Crowell, 21, of Ocean Grove, N.J. Both were stationed at the Coast Guard base in Two Rock, sheriff’s Sgt. Cecile Focha said.

McKnew and Crowell were riding in a 2012 Hyundai Genesis on Highway 1 near Doran Beach State Park around 1 a.m. when the car crashed at high speed into a tree and burst in flames, CHP Officer Jon Sloat said.