{"id":196158,"date":"2025-10-14T15:09:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=196158"},"modified":"2025-10-14T15:09:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T22:09:43","slug":"female-passenger-loses-life-in-fatal-overturned-vehicle-collision-off-hwy-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=196158","title":{"rendered":"Female Passenger Loses Life in Fatal Overturned Vehicle Collision off Hwy 120"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sonora, CA…On October 13, 2025, at approximately 10:00 a.m., a 51-year-old male driver from Beijing, China, was
\ndriving a 2025 Jeep Compass SUV eastbound on State Route 120 near Menke Ness Road, accompanied by his 52-year-old female passenger and his 82-year-old female passenger, both also from Beijing, China. They were traveling behind a Caltrans vehicle driven by 33-year-old Jesse Warren. Both vehicles were on a portion of the roadway where the eastbound and westbound lanes were separated by a broken yellow line.<\/p>\n

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The driver of the Jeep began to pass the Caltrans vehicle on the left, using the westbound lane. At the same time, the Caltrans vehicle attempted to make a left turn into a California State-owned driveway on the north side of State Route 120. The driver of the Jeep steered to the left to avoid a collision, lost control, and traveled off the north roadway edge, crashing into an embankment. After the impact, the Jeep overturned onto its roof.<\/p>\n

The driver of the Jeep was wearing his seatbelt and sustained minor injuries. He was transported to Memorial Medical Center for treatment. The 52-year-old female passenger, who was seated in the right front seat and wearing a seatbelt, sustained moderate injuries and was transported to Doctors Medical Center for treatment. The 82-year old female passenger, seated in the rear of the Jeep was wearing a seatbelt, sustained fatal injuries as a result of the crash.<\/p>\n

One-way traffic control was in place for several hours following the crash. Alcohol and\/or drugs are not suspected to be factors. The crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n

The CHP asks anyone who was in the area and witnessed the crash to contact the Sonora Area CHP Office at
\n(209) 984-3944.<\/p>\n

The mission of the California Highway Patrol is to provide the highest level of Safety, Service, and Security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sonora, CA…On October 13, 2025, at approximately 10:00 a.m., a 51-year-old male driver from Beijing, China, was driving a 2025 Jeep Compass SUV eastbound on State Route 120 near Menke Ness Road, accompanied by his 52-year-old female passenger and his 82-year-old female passenger, both also from Beijing, China. They were traveling behind a Caltrans vehicle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1,13,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","category-traffic-fire","category-tuolumne-county","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/chpson.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=196158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196159,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196158\/revisions\/196159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=196158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=196158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=196158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}