A 44-year-old Kenwood woman was killed Tuesday night when the car in which she was riding was struck by an out-of-control automobile on Highway 12 near Oakmont. Jane Beverly Todd was sitting in the front passenger seat of a 2005 Honda Civic being driven by her 16-year-old son, Doug Todd.
The Honda was westbound when it was hit by a Volvo S70 heading east around 9:50 p.m. near Oakmont Drive. Chelsea Tedeschi, 21, also of Kenwood, was witnessed driving erratically at an excessive rate of speed when she lost control of her vehicle and swerved into the westbound lane, colliding with the Honda.
According to the California Highway Patrol, emergency fire personnel arrived and pronounced Todd dead on the scene. Doug Todd sustained minor to moderate injuries and Tedeschi suffered major injuries. Both were transported for treatment to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, where Tedeschi showed signs of being under the influence of alcohol and was arrested for felony vehicular manslaughter.
