Road rage leads to fatal accident in Santa Rosa

SANTA ROSA, California. – A woman is dead and a man and child were injured after two other cars were involved in an earlier traffic accident in Santa Rosa Saturday afternoon.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the first two cars heading south on Stony Point Road got into “road rage” when one of those cars lost control, turned left into a northbound lane and eventually struck a third car.

The driver hit the passenger side of the car the woman was sitting in. CHP said she died at the scene.

The male driver of the third car and the child were taken to a hospital with unknown injuries. Her status is currently unknown.

The driver who hit the car was also taken to a hospital with unknown injuries. It is unclear whether there were any passengers in this car.

Officials did not provide any information about the other car involved in the first road accident. It was not immediately clear whether the driver remained at the scene or whether there were any passengers inside.

It is currently unknown what circumstances led to the road rage.

CHP is asking motorists to avoid the area of ​​Stony Point Road at Rohnert Park Expressway.

KTVU has reached out to CHP for more information.