McKinleyville Woman Killed in Highway 101 Crash in Leggett
MENDOCINO COUNTY - A 20-year-old McKinleyville woman was tragically killed Tuesday after the vehicle she was riding in overturned and landed in the south fork of the Eel River in Leggett, the Ukiah Daily Journal reported. The accident occurred at about 10:30 p.m. on May 17, 2011, on Highway 101, about a quarter mile south of the Jitney Gulch Bridge. The victim, Amanda Sue Klemm, was a passenger in a 1994 Ford Ranger pickup truck driven by Noah Joseph Carter, 19, of Eureka. According to news accounts, it was raining heavily when the driver negotiated a left-hand-curve at an "unsafe" speed. Carter lost control and the truck overturned and ended up 400 feet down an embankment in the Eel River. Carter was able to escape the sinking truck with moderate injuries, but Klemm died at the scene of the Mendocino County car accident. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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