Shasta County coroner releases name of Anderson man who died in fiery Redding crash Sunday

The Shasta County Coroner's office announced the name of an Anderson man who died after he was thrown from a burning car around midnight on Sunday, Aug. 25.

The crash happened on Buenaventura Boulevard near Teton Drive, about a mile west of Highway 273. Redding Police officers found a vehicle in the center of the roadway, fully engulfed in flames, according to a police report.

Firefighters quickly put out the fire while first responders tended to a passenger who was ejected during the accident, police said.

First responders took 21-year-old Kannon Wayne Chaney to Mercy Medical Center in Redding after the accident, where medical staff declared him deceased, according to a report issued by Chief Deputy Coroner, Lt. Tyler Thompson on Tuesday.

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The Shasta County Sheriff's office announced Chaney's name after they told his next-of-kin he had died, according to Thompson.

Police arrested the driver of the vehicle ― 19-year-old Christian Bennett of Redding ― on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, Redding police said, adding that Bennett was allegedly driving without a license.

A second passenger, 20-year-old Hunter Alexander of Anderson, wasn't hurt in the collision, police said.

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Bennett is being held on $500,000 bail, the Shasta County Jail website said Monday morning.

The coroner's office scheduled a postmortem examination and the case remains under investigation by the coroner’s office and the Redding Police Department.

Record Searchlight Reporter David Benda contributed to this story.

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