Crime & Safety
Two Petaluma Brothers Killed in Saturday Crash
Cause of accident still under investigation
Two brothers were killed in a solo-vehicle crash on Pepper Road near Bodega Avenue on Saturday night.
The driver has been identified as Luis Manuel Figueroa, 26, and the passenger was his 18-year-old brother, Jaime Figueroa Villanueva.
The two were driving west on Pepper Road near Walker Road in a 1994 Honda around 11:45 p.m. Saturday when the car went off the roadway and struck a tree, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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The brothers, both Petaluma residents, died at the scene. An autopsy is scheduled for today and alcohol has not been ruled out as a cause of the accident.
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