At left, businessman Taylor Griffin of Portland, Maine, died in a vehicle crash near Upper Lake, Calif., on Sunday, October 16, 2011. Riding with him was his company's general manager, Carrie Davenport, 43, of South Freeport, Maine, at right. Davenport, who was seriously injured in the crash, called it in on her cell phone the following day. Courtesy photos.

UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol on Tuesday released the names of a man killed in a Sunday night collision and the woman riding with him.

Taylor Griffin, 40, of Portland, Maine, died in the crash, according to CHP Officer Korey Reynolds.

Riding with Griffin was 43-year-old Carrie Davenport of South Freeport, Maine, Reynolds said.

The Portland Press Herald reported that Griffin – the head of a luxury food import business, The Rogers Collection – was on the West Coast for a business trip, accompanied by Davenport, his company's director of operations and general manager.

Griffin was driving a rented 2012 Corvette westbound on Highway 20 west of Witter Springs Road when he hit an oak tree, according to a CHP report.

Griffin was ejected from the car and died at the scene, the CHP said.

The crash was discovered Monday morning after Davenport called in the crash on her cell phone, officials reported. She later was airlifted to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with major injuries.

The CHP investigation found that speed was a factor in the crash.

The Portland Press Herald said Griffin had six speeding convictions in Maine since 2004, and had four license suspensions as a result.

Reynolds said Tuesday he did not have information on Davenport's condition.

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Taylor Griffin, 40, of Portland, Maine, died on Sunday, October 16, 2011, when the 2012 Corvette he was driving went off Highway 20 and hit an oak tree. Griffin's companion, Carrie Davenport, 43, of South Freeport, Maine, suffered major injuries in the crash. She called in the collision the following morning from her cell phone. Photo by Gary McAuley.