By Larry Judkins
Glenn County Observer
About two minutes before 8 o’clock Sunday evening, a fatal motorcycle crash occurred on Newville Road near Wackerman Road, to which the Orland Volunteer Fire Department responded.
About seven minutes later, Orland volunteers also responded to a fatal rollover crash on Highway 99, south of County Road 21.
The deceased in both accidents were Orland men in their early 20s.
According to a press release from the Willows Area Office of the California Highway Patrol, at about 8:05 p.m. on May 18, Jonathan Cuin Perez, 24, of Orland, was driving a 1988 Chevy north on Highway 99, south of County Road 21, at an unknown speed but above the 55 miles per hour speed limit.
He turned the vehicle to the east, where it traveled across the northbound road edge, onto a gravel shoulder, and through a perimeter fence.
The Chevy overturned several times before coming to rest in an agriculture field east of Highway 99.
According to CHP Officer Gilliam, Jonathan Cuin Perez was not wearing his seatbelts at the time of the accident.
Police scanner broadcasts indicated that the driver was pinned inside the vehicle and not breathing.
He was soon removed and emergency responders initiated CPR, but their life-saving efforts were unsuccessful.
A preliminary investigation into the cause of this accident is still pending.
It is presently unknown if alcohol and/or drugs were a contributing factor.
For the story regarding the fatal motorcycle accident near Black Butte Lake, see The Observer story, “Motorcyclist dies near Black Butte Lake”.
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