Volvo Driver Dies In Fiery Sonoma Valley Crash: CHP

SONOMA COUNTY, CA -- The California Highway Patrol is still investigating a fatal vehicle crash that killed a male driver Sunday afternoon near Glen Ellen.

The driver of a gray 1999 Volvo S70 was speeding east on state Highway 12 west of Dunbar Road around 4 p.m., CHP Officer Jon Sloat said.

The driver lost control on a curve, left the north edge of the road, went airborne through a barbed wire fence and rolled several times through a grass field where it caught fire, Sloat said.

The crash originally was reported as a grass fire and the Kenwood Fire Protection District and Cal Fire responded. The unidentified driver was found dead in the driver's seat after the fire was extinguished, Sloat said.

By Bay City News Service

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