Driver killed, passenger severely injured in high-speed Napa County crash
The Nissan 350Z was traveling west on the state highway 'at a high rate of speed' around 8:45 p.m. Friday when the driver lost control, the CHP said in a news release. Approaching a curve in the road, the driver struck the center median to the left of the car and veered toward the right side of the highway, leading the vehicle off the roadway, the CHP said.
The car then became airborne before rolling over several times and stopping on a nearby field, the CHP said.
Officers declared the driver, a 45-year-old Fairfield man whose name has not been released, dead at the scene. His passenger, a 45-year-old Fairfield woman, suffered major injuries and was taken to Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa.
Both of the car's occupants were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash, the CHP said. Officers suspect alcohol was a factor.
Shortly after the crash, authorities closed all westbound lanes of Highway 12 west of Kirkland Ranch Road, they wrote in an X post Friday. Lanes were reopened several hours later.
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