The Marin County Sheriff's Office has released the identity of the young man who lost his life in a tragic vehicular accident in the San Geronimo Valley. The decedent is Carlos Enrique Verdugo-Cruz, a 19-year-old resident of Petaluma, CA.
According to the Marin County Sheriff's Office, the accident occurred yesterday at approximately 8:09 AM when Verdugo-Cruz, behind the wheel of a Honda Civic, failed to negotiate a curve on Nicasio Valley Road near Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. His vehicle collided head-on with a Ford Expedition, driving in the opposite direction.
The Sheriff's Office reported that the young driver was found unresponsive and ultimately pronounced deceased at the scene due to cardiopulmonary arrest. The aftermath of the crash left both vehicles with extensive damage in the roadway. A forensic postmortem examination alongside toxicology testing is set to take place later in the week further to investigate the cause and manner of Verdugo-Cruz's death.
The occupant of the Ford Expedition, who remained unnamed, was trapped and needed to be extricated by First Responders and then transported by paramedics to an area hospital to receive medical treatment. Details about the condition have not been disclosed.
