Fire & Emergency
Two storm-related fatalities reported in Mendocino County — more heavy weather in forecast
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A third fatality was recorded Tuesday when a Ukiah woman drowned in her vehicle in Sonoma County.
The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA (https://mendovoice.com/tag/mcso/)
A third fatality was recorded Tuesday when a Ukiah woman drowned in her vehicle in Sonoma County.
The remains will need to be identified using DNA analysis, and the identity of the decedent has not been confirmed.
Officers from the California Highway Patrol and California State Parks personnel responded within 13 minutes, according to Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office.
The name of the victim has not been released yet, but the California Highway Patrol said he was driving a 2011 Lexus.
Mendo topped statewide charts, but there were zero plants destroyed in neighboring Humboldt County, where CAMP operations were limited to reconnaissance.