MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – A Napa man was seriously injured on Saturday afternoon in a solo-vehicle crash near Middletown.
Stephen Mann Jeffries, 61, was injured in the wreck, which the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said occurred at 12:50 p.m. Saturday on Butts Canyon Road.
The CHP said Jeffries was driving his 2007 Nissan Pathfinder westbound on Butts Canyon Road, west of Oat Hill Road, when he lost control of his vehicle.
Jeffries’ Nissan veered across the eastbound lane of Butts Canyon Road and left the roadway, traveling onto the dirt shoulder before the front of it hit a tree, the CHP said.
The CHP said Jeffries suffered major injuries and was transported by REACH air ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.
The report stated that Jeffries was using his seat belt at the time of the wreck.
The CHP said the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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One injured in Saturday Middletown wreck
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