Obituaries
Teen Girl Killed in Sonoma County Crash Identified
The girl was just 17 and the boy with her, who was also killed, was 19.
SONOMA COUNTY, CA — The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office has identified a passenger who died in a solo-vehicle crash near Monte Rio on Tuesday night as Arleen Michaela Hale-McNamara, 17, of Guerneville.
The driver who also died in the crash was previously identified as Edward Reynolds, 19, of Guerneville.
Both were killed around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when their 2009 Mitsubishi crashed into trees off of eastbound Moscow Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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The Mitsubishi was allegedly speeding when it left the road on a right turn and collided with two separate trees, crushing the passenger compartment, CHP officials said.
The car was wedged against a tree when the engine caught fire, and a Sonoma County sheriff's deputy who was traveling west on Moscow Road at the time extinguished the flames before they engulfed the engine, according to the CHP.
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The deputy was unable to check on the occupants of the car. Monte Rio Fire Protection District crews responded and pulled the Mitsubishi off the tree. Both Reynolds and Hale-McNamara were pronounced dead at the scene, CHP officials said.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the CHP.
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