UPDATE: Sonoma Woman Says She Couldn’t Avoid Hitting The Two Young Boys With Car

By Bay City News Service

A Sonoma woman said she could not avoid hitting two young Sonoma boys with her car on Sierra Drive in unincorporated Sonoma County north of Sonoma this morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said.

Kimberly Downey, 56, of Sonoma, was driving a 2011 Chevrolet HHR at 15 to 20 mph south on Sierra Drive, near Mulford Lane in the Boyes Hot Springs area, around 10:50 a.m., CHP Officer Anna Paulson said.

Her car struck a 6-year-old boy, who was riding east on his scooter into the southbound lane directly into the path of Downey's car, and a 4-year-old boy who was running east directly behind the scooter, Paulson said.

Downey said she tried to avoid a collision but was unable to do so, Paulson said.

The two boys suffered minor injuries and were taken by the Sonoma Valley Fire Department's ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Paulson said.

The CHP's Napa office responded to the incident.