John Walker Killed in Motorcycle Accident on Butts Canyon Road [Middletown, CA]

Authorities Identity John Walker as Motorcyclist Killed in Middletown Crash

 
MIDDLETOWN, CA (March 12, 2021) – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has identified 61-year-old John Michael Walker as the man who died in a motorcycle accident in Middletown.
 
The accident happened around 12:49 p.m. Sunday, March 7 on Butts Canyon Road just west of the Napa County line.
 
Walker, a 61-year-old Sacramento man, was riding a 2000 Honda RC51 motorcycle westbound at around 55 to 60 miles per hour when he lost control of the motorcycle while negotiating a sweeping curve in the roadway.
 
The motorcycle overturned onto its left side and began traveling in a northeasterly direction toward a metal guardrail and hit it. It then rotated, ejecting Walker.
 
Medical personnel attempted saving Walker, but he died at the scene.
 
The CHP said Walker was wearing a helmet at the time of the collision.
 
Neither drugs nor alcohol are suspected as factors in the accident, which remains under investigation.

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