Sonoma Man, 22, Killed In Hwy 12 Crash

SONOMA COUNTY, CA -- The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office has identified a driver who died earlier this month in a solo-vehicle crash on state Highway 12 near Kenwood as Nicolas Olascoaga, 22, of Sonoma.

Olascoaga was driving east on Highway 12 west of Dunbar Road in Glen Ellen around 4 a.m. on July 9 when he lost control of a 1999 Volvo S70 on a curve, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The Volvo left the north edge of the highway, went airborne through a barbed wire fence, rolled several times in a grass field and caught fire.

The Kenwood Fire Protection District and Cal Fire responded and found the burned Volvo with Olascoaga dead in the driver's seat, CHP officials said.

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According to his Facebook page, Olascoaga had worked at Disneyland and the San Francisco Dungeon and previously attended Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa.

By Bay City News Service

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