Unsafe speed and wet pavement played a part in the death of a driver involved in a solo-vehicle car crash Wednesday morning.
Sharad Saleh, 56, of Sonoma, lost control of his Mercedes 320 driving southbound on Highway 121, according to the California Highway Patrol. Approaching a curved portion of roadway south of Sonoma Valley Airport at about 11:10 a.m., the car spun out of control onto the east shoulder, colliding with a tree.
Saleh was alone in the car, and no other vehicle was involved.
The car was traveling at what the California Highway Patrol believes to be an unsafe speed for wet-road conditions.
Saleh was airlifted to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:50 p.m.
