A man was killed and a woman seriously injured Friday night when a speeding sports car went airborne and rolled several times off a rural stretch of state Highway 12 in Napa County, the California Highway Patrol said.
The crash occurred around 8:45 p.m. when a black Nissan 350Z was heading westbound on State Highway 12, just west of Kirkland Ranch Road, according to the CHP’s area office in Napa.
The driver was reportedly traveling at a high rate of speed and lost control while approaching a curve in the road. The vehicle veered into the center median, then suddenly swerved to the right, careening off the roadway in a northwesterly direction. It became airborne, struck multiple objects, and rolled several times before coming to a rest in a dirt and grass field north of the highway…