A Clearlake man was killed in a crash late last week when the vehicle he was driving overturned in Yolo County.

Adam Jublain Connolly, 25, died as a result of the crash, according to Yolo County Chief Deputy Coroner Robert LaBrash.

The crash occurred shortly before 6 p.m. Friday, July 29, according to reports from the California Highway Patrol's Woodland office and the Yolo County Sheriff-Coroner.

The CHP report said Connolly was driving a 2006 Chevy Silverado pickup – with 29-year-old Melody Staats of Clearlake riding as his passenger – in a southerly direction on an unnamed dirt road off of Country Road 40 in unincorporated Yolo County when the crash occurred.

Connolly, according to the report, was driving “at an excessive rate of speed for the roadway conditions” when he lost control of the pickup, which overturned.

As the pickup was rolling Connolly – who was not wearing a seat belt – was ejected and the vehicle came to rest on top of him, according to the CHP.

LaBrash said Connolly was pronounced dead at the scene just before 7 p.m.

He said an autopsy determined the cause of death to be blunt force head injuries.

Staats, who was wearing a seat belt, sustained minor injuries and was transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport by REACH helicopter, the CHP said.

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