Pinecrest, CA…On Wednesday, August 2, 2017, at approximately 1:25 am, 23 year old Sonora resident, Felicia M. Rodriguez, was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado westbound on State Route 108 west of Bald Mountain Heliport Rd (Little Sweden) at a high rate of speed in the #2 (right) lane. Rodriguez was unable to negotiate a left hand curve in the roadway as she allowed her vehicle to travel into the #1 (left) lane and over corrected turning the vehicle back to the right. Rodriguez lost control of the vehicle traveling back into the #2 lane. The vehicle then traveled across both westbound lanes and onto the center median. The vehicle overturned twice and subsequently collided on the driver’s side with a large pine tree in the center median. Rodriguez sustained fatal injuries as a result of the collision.

32 year old Knights Ferry resident, Shasta M. Duckworth, was a passenger in the vehicle seated in the right front seat of the Silverado. Duckworth sustained major injuries and was transported by ambulance to Adventist Health Sonora. This collision is still under investigation. Alcohol is suspected to be a factor, autopsy pending.