GRIDLEY, CA (MPG) - A canal in western Gridley was the site of a fatal accident Sunday, April 5^th.

According to a California Highway Patrol news release, a 1998 Cadillac Deville, was discovered overturned and partly submerged 4.5-5 feet in a drainage canal at the end of West Liberty Road.

The investigation concluded that the driver, 31-year-old, Dustin Ray Womack, was driving west-bound on W. Liberty Road, at the end of which he drove through a locked gate and entered private property. Womack took the Cadillac off-road, driving through a muddy field before navigating it back onto a grassy levee that bordered the canal. He continued traveling south on the narrow levee road, approximately 600 feet, before he encountered a sharp 90 degree turn to the west. It was at that time that Womack failed to negotiate the turn and the Cadillac slid off the levee and into the canal. The vehicle landed on its roof, trapping Womach inside. Womack was unable to escape and was later found dead inside the vehicle.