Crime & Safety
Sonoma County Coroner IDs Man Who Died Off Jenner Cliff
The motorist was found dead Wednesday behind wheel of Tesla at bottom of cliff along Highway 1.
The Sonoma County coroner’s office has identified a driver of a Tesla found at the bottom of a cliff along state Highway 1 near Jenner on Tuesday morning as 65-year-old San Rafael resident Louis Francis Thoelecke.
The crash occurred on Highway 1 near mile marker 27 between Fort Ross Road and Myers Grade Road along the Sonoma Coast, according to the coroner’s office.
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It was first reported around 8:20 a.m. Tuesday, when a passing motorist observed the vehicle had gone off the roadway and come to rest 300 feet down a cliff, California Highway Patrol officials said.
Emergency responders found a 2014 Tesla at the bottom of the cliff with Thoelecke dead behind the wheel, according to the CHP.
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The crash remains under investigation by the CHP.
--Bay City News
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