A driver died in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday morning after the vehicle went across the center median of Highway 113 in Yolo County and overturned into a steep embankment, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The Yolo County fatal crash was reported shortly before 9:30 a.m. along Highway 113 near East Main Street in Woodland. Two people, a driver and a passenger, were in a Toyota heading north on the highway.
The Toyota was approaching East Main Street when its driver tried to pass another vehicle in the highway’s left northbound lane, the CHP’s Woodland office announced in a news release.
In the attempt to pass the other vehicle, the Toyota’s driver went into the highway’s center median, the CHP said.
The driver lost control of the Toyota, which went across the center median and the highway’s southbound lanes. The CHP said the Toyota then overturned and landed in a steep embankment adjacent to the right shoulder of the southbound lanes.
The CHP said the Toyota’s driver, who was not wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the vehicle. The driver died from their injuries in the crash. The passenger, who was wearing a seat belt, suffered minor injuries in the crash.
As of Tuesday afternoon, it was unknown to CHP investigators whether alcohol or drugs was contributing factor in the fatal crash.
Investigators asked anyone with information about this deadly crash to call the CHP Woodland Area Office at 530-702-6250.
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