The California Highway Patrol badge featuring the state seal and “Eureka” motto is overlaid on a background of red and blue police lights.
The California Highway Patrol logo seal badge. (California Highway Patrol via Bay City News)

LAKE CO., 5/21/26 — A woman from Redwood Valley died in a solo motorcycle crash on state Highway 20 in Lake County last weekend, the California Highway Patrol said.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office confirmed next of kin was notified and the woman was identified as Michelle Hatcher-Berndt, 57, of Redwood Valley. The CHP said Hatcher-Berndt was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash Sunday morning by emergency personnel.

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Savana Robinson is a staff writer and photographer based in Ukiah, California.