Woman, 52, Killed In Monday Evening Head-On Crash Near Rio Nido

A 52-year-old woman was killed in a crash near Rio Nido in Sonoma County on Monday evening, California Highway Patrol officials said today.

The crash was reported around 6:15 p.m. Monday on River Road just east of Canyon 2 Road, according to the CHP.

The woman, whose name was not immediately being released today by the Sonoma County coroner’s office, was driving a Saturn sedan west on River Road and allowed her vehicle to cross the double yellow lines directly into the path of a Honda CR-V driven by a 30-year-old Santa Rosa man, CHP officials said.

The cars collided head-on and the woman in the Saturn was killed.

The Honda driver was taken to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with minor injuries to his face and left hand, according to the CHP.

Immediately after the initial collision, two other vehicles driving behind the Saturn swerved to the right-hand shoulder to avoid hitting it.

A 35-year-old man then swerved to the left to avoid the two vehicles and also struck the Saturn, CHP officials said.

A motorist driving behind the Saturn told investigators that the car was weaving around on the roadway prior to the crash, according to the CHP.

--Bay City News

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