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Tesla Driver Killed In Marin Pool Crash ID’d
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene of Saturday morning's crash.
SAN RAFAEL, CA — A woman who was killed Saturday morning in a San Rafael crash has been identified as Dolores Elizabeth Heeb, 74 of San Rafael, the Marin County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Heeb was driving a Tesla that veered off Point San Pedro Road in San Rafael, crashing into a pool, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
She was traveling westbount on Point San Pedro around 7 a.m. Saturday when her vehicle left the roadway and ran into the pool outside a residence, said CHP Officer Darrel Horner.
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According to Horner, the woman wasn't wearing a seat belt.
San Rafael Police and San Rafael Fire Department were first to arrive on the scene, and the driver was pronounced dead, Horner said.
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The homeowner described hearing a "loud boom" sound from the crash in an interview with KTVU news.
Nobody else was injured in the crash.
"I hear a loud boom and like water," Barbara Kuffner told the outlet.
"I thought it was like thunder and lightning and rain and I saw flashing lights in the backyard, in the pool."
The cause of the collision is still under investigation, according to the CHP.
No additional information was immediately available.
— Bay City News contributed to this report
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