Two Dead After Crash on 199

Press release from the California Highway Patrol:

On 10/15/2019, at approximately 0840 hours, California Highway Patrol Dispatch received a call of a small pickup truck that was over the side and down an embankment. CHP responded to the scene, along with emergency personnel from Gasquet Fire Department, Del Norte Search and Rescue, CalTrans – Idlewild, and Del Norte Ambulance. Preliminary investigation indicates the Mazda was traveling northbound US-199 at an unknown speed, north of Little Jone Creek Road, for reasons still under investigation, it drifted to the right, ran off the road and impacted a tree. The male driver and male passenger suffered fatal injuries. The investigation is on-going and at this time, it is unknown if drugs or alcohol were a factor.