Man Accused Of Killing 3 In DUI Crash Charged In Napa: DA

NAPA COUNTY, CA — A 68-year-old American Canyon man has been charged with multiple felonies, including three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, in connection with a multi-car crash that killed three people and injured six others over the weekend, the Napa County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.

William Dene Brumley, 68, of American Canyon, faces charges stemming from the Saturday crash including manslaughter and felony driving under the influence of any drug causing injury, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors wrote in a statement Wednesday that Brumley was under the influence of a drug when he caused a head-on collision on the afternoon of Saturday on the 5700 block of Silverado Trail.

Three people died in the crash: Vivian Bertolino, 65, of Napa; Linda Wolters, 62, of American Canyon; and Katrina Clarke, 65, of Sacramento. Six others were injured, including the Brumley.

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According to a California Highway Patrol report, the three-vehicle crash occurred shortly before 12 p.m. when a Mitsubishi sedan, traveling south on the two-lane road, sideswiped a northbound BMW SUV. The impact caused the Mitsubishi to continue southbound and crash into a Toyota sedan traveling behind the BMW, police said.

Brumley was taken to Adventist Health St. Helena, where he was initially arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of a drug, police said.

Officers said the rear passenger in the Mitsubishi was pronounced dead at the scene, and the front passenger was later pronounced dead at Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center.

In the Toyota, which carried the driver and three passengers, one rear-seat passenger was later pronounced dead after being transported to Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center with major injuries, police said.

The driver and passenger of the BMW reported only minor pain injuries.