MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – A Napa County man died Sunday in a motorcycle crash near Middletown.
Joseph P. Kane Jr., 33, of Napa was killed in the wreck, which occurred just before 2:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a report from the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office.
Kane was riding his 2007 Harley Davidson motorcycle south on Butts Canyon Road, north of the Lake and Napa County line, at an unknown speed when the crash occurred, the report stated.
The report said Kane failed to negotiate a lefthand curve in the roadway, causing his motorcycle to go off the right side of the road and down an embankment.
Kane was thrown from his motorcycle and sustained fatal injuries. Paramedics pronounced Kane dead at the scene, the CHP said.
The CHP said the crash’s cause remains under investigation.