UPDATED: Driver, Passengers ID'd in Fatal Accident on 101

UPDATE: The driver and sole fatality of yesterday's early morning accident on northbound Hwy. 101 at San Antonio Rd. has been confirmed as Joy Weiss, a 31-year-old resident of Petaluma. She was pronounced deceased at the scene at approximately 0236, the CHP announced. The Coroner Division’s investigation into the cause, manner, and circumstances of the death  are ongoing and no further information regarding the Coroner Division’s investigation will be released at this time.

The names of the three surviving passengers of Wednesday's early morning wreck on northbound 101 at San Antonio Road have been released by the California Highway Patrol. All of them are Petaluma residents; the driver is also identified as a Sonoma County resident, but her identification was withheld pending notification of kin until Thursday morning. (see above)

Davinder Singh (21) of Petaluma was transported to Marin General Hospital with major/life threatening injuries. There have been no updates on his condition since this morning when he was listed in critical but stable condition.

Charan Singh (29) of Petaluma was transported to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with unspecified injuries.

Gaurav Saxena (31) of Petaluma was transported to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with major, non-life threatening injuries.

The driver, Joy Weiss, 31, a Petaluma resident, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her name is being withheld until her next of kin has been contacted, Barclay said.

The crash happened around 2:15 a.m. near San Antonio Road, just south of the Sonoma County line, when a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck drove off of northbound U.S. Highway 101 and crashed in northern Marin County, according to the CHP Officer Andrew Barclay.

The three men were passengers in the vehicle, two in a rear seating area and one in the right front passenger seat, Barclay said. 

One of the males was able to call 911, and said the truck left the highway somewhere between Petaluma and Novato, Barclay said.

The CHP, Marin County Sheriff's Office and Novato Fire Protection District searched the area and found the green pickup truck in a deep ditch off the right shoulder, Barclay said.

The truck appears to have drifted toward the center divider, and the driver apparently overcorrected and steered hard to the right, causing the truck to go off the roadway and overturn, Barclay said.

It landed on its wheels 15 feet below the highway in a cattle-crossing area that runs under the highway, Barclay said.

No one was ejected from the truck, Barclay said. Alcohol is not believed to have played a role in the crash, he said.

The No. 2 northbound lane was closed until about 6:10 a.m. as emergency crews responded to the crash.

-Bay City News contributed to this story.

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