Sheriff’s patrol car in single vehicle accident on Hwy 162

MENDOCINO CO., 10/25/16 – A Mendocino County Sheriff’s deputy was involved in a single car crash on Saturday, Oct. 22, at about 6:30pm, on California state Highway 162. The deputy was not injured, but the patrol car was significantly damaged. The cause of the accident is under investigation.

A reader contacted the Voice over the weekend saying that they had seen a Sheriff’s Office patrol car in what he described as “a bad wreck,” on Highway 162 at around 9pm on Saturday night. The reader reported seeing that the vehicle was “mangled.”