CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – A Woodside man died on Thursday evening when his pickup crashed and went into Clear Lake.
David James Killilea, 64, died in the wreck near Clearlake Oaks, according to Lt. Corey Paulich of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office issued a Friday report on the crash that explained that at approximately 5:28 p.m. Thursday Killilea was driving his 2006 Chevrolet pickup westbound on Highway 20, west of Island Drive, when the pickup veered onto the highway’s north shoulder and up an embankment.
The CHP said the pickup continued out of control and traveled back onto Highway 20, hitting a stone wall on the south side of the roadway.
The pickup broke through the stone wall and overturned into Clear Lake, according to the CHP.
The CHP said Killilea died at the scene.
Reports from the scene stated that passersby had attempted to help pull Killilea from the vehicle.
Killilea, who was wearing a seat belt, was trapped in the upside down vehicle. It took firefighters more than two hours to extricate him, based on radio reports.
The CHP said on Friday that it was unknown if alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash.
The cause of this crash is under investigation, the CHP said.
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Woodside man dies in Thursday Clearlake Oaks crash
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