Accident on Hwy 84 takes a life

Sunday La Honda Volunteer and CDF/County Fire personnel responded to a single car accidentin a rural stretch of Highway 84 west of La Honda. The accident took place at about 12:15pm.

Firefighters found a Jeep SUV had left the road and landed upside down in heavy brush. Air bags and the Jaws of Life were needed to get to the victim. As the Lifeflight helicopter stood by in a field across from the accident paramedics determined that the driver was dead. The cause of the accident is being investigated by the California Highway Patrol.

Capt. C. Whitney, La Honda Fire Dept.

Capt. C. Whitney, La Honda Fire Dept.