Man Ejected, Killed in Solo Rollover Crash

A man killed in a solo vehicle crash in Napa early Monday has been identified as 27-year-old Maurice Butler, according to the Napa County Sheriff’s Office.

The fatal crash was reported at 2:19 a.m. on state Highway 221 just south of Kaiser Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.

CHP officials said Butler was driving south on the highway when his vehicle went off the road for an unknown reason and rolled over, ejecting him.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. The vehicle, a 2000 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, was found upright about 100 feet away from the roadway’s southbound lanes facing northwest, the CHP said.

In October, a Los Angeles man was killed when he was ejected from his car onto a freeway sign. Police said he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt.

The CHP did not indicate whether Butler was wearing a seat. Sheriff’s Capt. Dave Blower said Monday afternoon that investigators are uncertain whether Butler lived in Vallejo or Napa.

--Bay City News Service, photo via Shutterstock