Crime & Safety
Driver Identified In Fatal Crash Off Highway 1 Along Sonoma Coast
The driver of an Alfa Romeo sportscar was pronounced dead at the scene, the California Highway Patrol said.
SONOMA COUNTY, CA — A Marin County man died Wednesday when his car drifted off state Highway 1 in coastal Sonoma County, authorities said.
Warren Adams, 74, of Fairfax, was identified as the victim in the crash reported at 11:21 a.m. Wednesday on SR-1 near Meyers Grade Road, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff-Coroner's Office and the California Highway Patrol.
"Santa Rosa CHP officers arrived on scene and located a vehicle off the roadway and down a hillside," CHP Officer David deRutte said. "Preliminary investigation indicates an Alpha Romeo was traveling northbound on SR-1, north of Meyers Grade Road. For unknown reasons at this time, the vehicle drifted to the left and drove off the roadway."
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The car rolled several times and continued several hundred feet down the hillside.
Helicopter crews with the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office and the CHP responded.
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"The solo male occupant was pronounced deceased at the scene," deRutte said.
Thursday afternoon, the Sonoma County Sheriff-Coroner's Office identified Adams as the crash victim.
The CHP asked anyone with information about the crash to call the Santa Rosa CHP Office at 707-588-1400.
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