The following is a press release issued by the California Highway Patrol Gaberville Office:
On 09/04/2024 at approximately 2026 hours, the driver of a 2003 Toyota Tundra was driving S/B on US-101, north of Shamrock Ranch; traveling through a right-hand curve in the roadway. For reasons still under investigation, the driver allowed the Toyota to drift across the road towards the east. The Toyota ran off the east paved road edge of US-101 and onto a dirt shoulder, leading to a slight descending embankment. The Toyota continued parallel to the highway until traveling back onto the paved, extended N/B shoulder, where a parked, unoccupied travel trailer was located. The front of the Toyota collided into the front of the travel trailer. The Toyota came to rest on its wheels, facing in a southerly direction upon the extended N/B shoulder of US-101.
The driver of the Toyota was ultimately pronounced deceased at the scene by medical personnel. The name of the driver is being withheld pending the notification of the next of kin.
The California Highway Patrol, Cal Fire, Laytonville Fire, and the Mendocino County Sheriff Office (MCSO) all responded to the scene. This collision remains under investigation by the California Highway Patrol – Garberville Area’s Laytonville Resident Post.
