One person was killed Tuesday when an SUV rolled over on Highway 101 south of Hopland, the California Highway Patrol reported.
According to the CHP, a 2001 Mitsubishi Montero was heading north on Hwy. 101 just north of Geysers Road around 6:20 p.m. Aug. 1 when the driver, a 24-year-old Ukiah woman, lost control of the vehicle for an unknown reason and the SUV rolled over before landing on its side on the southbound shoulder of the highway.
Two passengers who were apparently not wearing their seatbelts were ejected from the vehicle.
One of those passengers was an 18-year-old man from the Virgin Islands, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The second was also an 18-year-old man from the Virgin Islands, who was transported to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with major injuries.
A third passenger, an 18-year-old Ukiah woman, got out of the vehicle on her own, but the driver needed to be cut out of the vehicle by responding firefighters.
The driver and the female passenger, both of Ukiah, were transported to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with major injuries.
The CHP reports that the cause of the collision is under investigation.
The highway was closed for an extended period of time to allow first responders to treat the victims and for the CHP to investigate the scene.
