A woman died after crashing her vehicle into a concrete tube and a power pole southeast of Stockton last Friday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash happened shortly after 3 p.m. on South Van Allen Road near Dodds Road, in a rural stretch of agricultural land and open fields. The driver was rushed to a hospital with major, life-threatening injuries before she died.
The woman was driving alone when the crash occurred, according to the CHP's Stockton office, as reported by CBS Sacramento. Her vehicle struck a concrete tube, clipped a power pole and ultimately ended up in a ditch. Authorities have not released her name, age or hometown, and her identity had not been made public as of the station's report.
Timeline From the CHP Incident Log
A CHP incident log cited by the CHP Fatal Accident Feed shows the vehicle was recorded in the ditch at 3:06 p.m. last Friday, matching the timeframe of the crash. The same log notes property damage to a PG&E utility pole near 11495 Van Allen Road, consistent with the account of the vehicle clipping a power pole before leaving the roadway.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation, per the CBS Sacramento report. No further details have been released about what led the vehicle to strike the concrete tube or how it ended up in the ditch.
Part of a String of Deadly San Joaquin County Crashes
Friday's fatality adds to a string of serious crashes reported around San Joaquin County in recent weeks. Earlier in October, a crash left at least one person dead in an early-morning wreck, according to FOX40. In September, a multi-vehicle collision in Stockton involving four vehicles left three people with major injuries, the same CBS Sacramento outlet reported separately, while a head-on crash elsewhere in the county killed a man that same month, according to KCRA.
No arrests or citations have been reported in connection with Friday's crash, and investigators have not indicated whether speed, impairment or any other factor contributed. The CHP has not released additional information beyond confirming the woman's death and the circumstances of the wreck.
