According to the CHP, the Mazda rammed the Volkswagen, which sent the vehicle into the oncoming lane, where its right side was struck by a northbound Mercedes, just south of the Rohnert Park Expressway. The front passenger in the Volkswagen, a woman, was pronounced dead at the crash site, officials said.

A woman was killed, while a child and a man are in the hospital in what is believed to be a road rage crash on Saturday in Santa Rosa, the California Highway Patrol said.

An uninvolved Mercedes struck the Volkswagen, killing a woman in the passenger seat and injuring a man and child also in the vehicle, officers said and KPIX reported. The driver and passenger in the Mercedes also were taken to a hospital with major injuries.