Update: Four Killed In Crash Near Don Pedro
Update at 12:20 pm: The CHP has released a statement providing more details, and the names, of the four people who were killed in a crash on Bonds Flat Road on Friday evening shortly after 5 pm.
It states, “56-year-old Michael Keith of Stockton was driving his 2020 Chevrolet 1500 pickup northbound on Bonds Flat Road, unlawfully passing another vehicle over the double yellow centerline in excess of 100 miles per hour while approaching the T intersection with La Grange Road. Also in the vehicle were his passengers 66-year-old Donna Yarnal of Modesto and 65-year-old Cindi Schuchterman of Salida.
At that same time, 33-year-old Janelle Hall of La Grange was driving her 2005 Toyota Highlander southbound on Bonds Flat Road from La Grange Road at approximately 45 miles per hour. Due to the extreme speed of Mr. Keith’s vehicle, neither of the drivers was able to brake or make an effective evasive maneuver in time. As a result, the front of Mr. Keith’s Chevrolet hit the front of Ms. Hall’s Toyota within the southbound lane of Bonds Flat Road. Both vehicles came to rest on their wheels with their front end embedded into each other straddling the southbound lane and west shoulder of Bonds Flat Road. All the occupants in the vehicles succumbed to their injuries at the scene.”
Original story posted at 6:17 am: Don Pedro, CA — Four people were tragically killed in a crash that occurred early Friday evening near Don Pedro Reservoir.
The CHP has not released the names of those fatally injured, but it was a 33-year-old La Grange woman, a 56-year-old Stockton man, a 66-year-old Modesto woman, and a 65-year-old Salida woman.
The CHP reports that the Stockton man was unlawfully passing over the double yellow lines on Bonds Flat Road in a 2020 Chevy pickup truck and hit head-on with an oncoming Toyota Highlander driven by the La Grange woman, who was unable to avoid a collision. Toxicology reports are pending regarding whether drugs or alcohol may have played a contributing factor. An investigation is ongoing.
The names are pending notification of family members.
