Traffic & Transit
Driver Drifts Off Road, Dies In Crash Near Sonoma: CHP
The fatal incident happened on Napa Road east of 8th Street E., according to the California Highway Patrol.
SONOMA VALLEY, CA — The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office has identified a driver who died in a solo vehicle crash near Sonoma early Monday morning as Gerick Raju, 50, of Sonoma.
Raju was driving a 2012 Nissan Rogue west on Napa Road east of Eighth Street East around 12:20 a.m., the California Highway Patrol said.
The Nissan drifted off the road, striking a mailbox and trash can before hitting a concrete culvert in a drainage ditch, according to the CHP in Napa County.
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Raju was pronounced dead at 12:39 a.m. Neither drugs nor alcohol appeared to be factors in the crash, the CHP said.
—Bay City News Service