LAKEPORT, Calif. – A man died on Monday after his pickup went off of Highway 29 near Lakeport and overturned.

The man was identified as 35-year-old Michael Valente Kallay, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

Brooks said Kallay was reported to have been living in Richmond but also had a Clearlake address.

The California Highway Patrol's Clear Lake Area office said the crash that claimed Kallay's life occurred on Monday when conditions were rainy and overcast, but the time of it was unknown.

The CHP said Kallay was driving a 2001 Ford Ranger northbound on Highway 29 north of Lakeport Boulevard at an undetermined speed when, for unknown reasons, he allowed the pickup to leave the roadway and travel across the highway's paved shoulder.

The pickup continued off the right paved shoulder and went down a steep dirt embankment where it rolled over multiple times, the CHP said.

Kallay was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the wreck and sustained fatal injuries, according to the CHP's Tuesday report.

The pickup came to rest in an area that was not visible from Highway 29, the CHP said.

The CHP said that at approximately 11:44 a.m. Monday, workers at a nearby business establishment observed the pickup and called 911.

The investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing and is being led by Officer Greg Buchholz.

Anyone with information about the wreck is asked to call the CHP's Clear Lake Area office at 707-279-0103.

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