LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of a man who died following a solo-vehicle crash on Highway 20 Monday afternoon.

Lt. Corey Paulich identified the man who died as Claud Alexander Walker, 33, of Willits.

The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said it had received numerous reports of Walker driving recklessly and at a high rate of speed in his 1998 Mercedes-Benz on westbound Highway 20 shortly before 2:30 p.m. Monday afternoon, as Lake County News has reported.

The CHP’s report said Walker may also have been involved in a non injury crash with another vehicle at the nearby roundabout at Highway 20 and Highway 29.

Walker was west of Bachelor Valley Road near Upper Lake when the CHP said his Mercedes ran off the highway’s north edge, hit a tree and rolled over, ejecting him before the vehicle hit a second tree.

The crash also caused a small wildland fire that Northshore Fire Protection District firefighters estimated burned about an acre it was controlled.

Walker died a short time later after he had been transported from the scene by ambulance, officials reported.

The CHP is continuing to investigate the crash. Anyone with information about the wreck can call the Clear Lake Area CHP office at 707-279-0103.

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