According to the California Highway Patrol, the wreck was reported just before 4 p.m. on Occidental Road, east of Mill Station Road, about 10 miles west of .

Sonoma County Crash
Driver Killed, Two Others Hospitalized After Collision on Occidental Road near Santa Rosa

County, CA. – 51-year-old James Herman died, and two people were hospitalized after a head-on collision that happened Saturday afternoon in Occidental, .

According to the California Highway Patrol, the wreck was reported just before 4 p.m. on Occidental Road, east of Mill Station Road, about 10 miles west of Santa Rosa.

Authorities said Herman was driving a Honda Accord traveling east on Occidental Road when, for an unknown reason, drifted into the opposing lane and collided head-on with a Jeep Wrangler.

Herman died at the scene of the crash.

The driver of the Jeep and a passenger were hospitalized at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with major injuries.

CHP officers are investigating the accident.

Anyone with information about the collision is requested to contact CHP at (707) 806-5600.