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Fatal accident Saturday night on Highway 116

Juan Canche, 18, of Sonoma was arrested Saturday night after he rolled his 1996 Honda on Highway 116, causing an 18-year-old passenger to be ejected, which resulted in the young woman’s death.
Canache was driving at 50 mph eastbound on Highway 116 east of Arnold Drive at 9:30 p.m. when he began to pass a car, said a California Highway Patrol report.
Canache swerved to avoid an oncoming car in the westbound lane, drove onto the eastbound shoulder and lost control of his Honda, which began rolling.
The 18-year-old woman was ejected; she wasn’t wearing a seatbelt because it was inoperable, the CHP report said.
A 17-year-old male passenger, who only received bumps and bruises in the crash, tried to revive the 18-year-old woman, but was unsuccessful, the CHP report said. She was pronounced dead at the accident scene.
Two other male passegngers, ages 16 and 17, were transported to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital where they were treated for major injuries.
Names are being withheld pending notification of family and due to the involvement of minors.