LAKEPORT, Calif. (KGO) -- A Lake County deputy has died after his patrol car crashed in Lakeport. His patrol car ran into a tree on Hartley Road just north of 20th Street late Tuesday night. Officials believe he suffered some type of medical emergency right before the crash.
The officer was 50-year-old Deputy Robert Rumfelt. He grew up in Lake County and was with the department from 1997 to 2006, then again for the last three years.
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He served as an assistant football coach at Clear Lake High School and leaves behind a wife and two daughters.