1 Dead In Petaluma Hill Road Rollover Crash: Santa Rosa PD

NORTH BAY, CA — A Napa woman died Wednesday night in a rollover crash in Santa Rosa, police said.

Dispatchers received reports shortly after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday that a driver was pinned inside an overturned car on Petaluma Hill Road near Yolanda Avenue, Santa Rosa police Sgt. Josh Ludtke said.

Officers and emergency medical personnel determined the driver — and sole occupant of the car — was deceased based on the severity of her injuries.

The preliminary investigation indicated the driver of a 2003 Mercedes-Benz sedan was traveling southbound on Petaluma Hill Road and was passing Yolanda Avenue when her car veered from the roadway and struck an electric pole and a tree.

"The driver, a 53-year-old female Napa resident, was partially ejected from the vehicle during the collision," Ludtke said. "The driver was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the collision. At least one witness estimated the vehicle’s speed to be 80 mph just prior to the collision."

The woman's name was being withheld Thursday until her family members were properly notified of her death.

Police asked anyone with information about the fatal incident to call the Santa Rosa Police Department Traffic Division at 707 543-3636.