(Placer County, CA) — A man is dead after driving off a closed remote roadway in Placer County and crashing nearly a thousand feet below.

On Sunday morning, the man was found dead inside his vehicle far below Mosquito Ridge Road, which has been closed since the Mosquito Fire caused major damage to the roadway and surrounding landscape in 2022. Then, last year’s winter storms caused even more damage, including washouts.

The area is about 26 miles outside of Foresthill. Investigators are working to determine what led to the crash.