Kenneth John Beech Obituary – The identities of two additional individuals who lost their lives in accidents on Lake County’s highways have been released by the authorities. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that Kenneth John Beech of Kelseyville, a 90-year-old man, was struck and killed by a semi truck on Highway 29 north of Seigler Canyon Road early Tuesday morning.
Beech was crossing the highway on foot and unfortunately, the truck driver did not see him. In another incident on Monday, a head-on collision on Highway 20 east of Witter Springs Road near Upper Lake resulted in the deaths of two people. One of them has been identified as Evaristo Hernandez Hernandez, a 43-year-old resident of Ukiah who was a passenger in a pickup truck driven by an individual suspected to be under the influence of alcohol.
The driver of the other vehicle, who also lost their life, has not yet been identified.