Authorities ID Ukiah Man In Deadly 101 Crash Into Tree

SONOMA COUNTY, CA — A man who died in a crash Saturday afternoon in Santa Rosa was identified Monday by the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office as 58-year-old Ukiah resident Robert Myers.

Myers died when a vehicle he was driving hit a redwood tree at about 4:30 p.m. just off southbound U.S. Highway 101 at the Mendocino Avenue undercrossing, California Highway Patrol officials said.

The Mendocino Avenue on-ramp was closed for about two hours while CHP officers investigated the crash, CHP Officer Jonathan Sloat said.

By Bay City News Service

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