Driver killed after going through wall and crashing into tree near Sebastopol

A driver was killed Friday night when a car went through a wall and slammed into a large sycamore tree near a residence just west of Sebastopol, authorities said.

The 2001 Mitsubishi Montero was eastbound on Bodega Highway near Watertrough Road about 6 p.m. when it veered from the roadway, CHP spokesman David Derutte said.

The driver was apparently traveling at a high speed, could not handle the leftward curve of the road and veered into Watertrough Road, Derutte said.

The car crashed into a cinder-block wall in front of a residence and went through it, and then struck the tree, he said.

No one else was in the vehicle and no one at the residence was injured in the crash, Derutte said. The driver has not yet been identified.