Napa Prosecutors Charge Driver With DUI Manslaughter in Triple-Fatal Crash
The filing adds penalty enhancements tied to severe injuries plus prior poor performance on probation or parole.
Overview
- William Dene Brumley, 68, of American Canyon, was charged Wednesday with three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and felony DUI causing injury.
- He was set for an initial appearance in Napa County Superior Court on Wednesday afternoon.
- Investigators say his southbound Mitsubishi sideswiped a northbound BMW SUV and then hit a Toyota on Silverado Trail near Stag's Leap Wine Cellars.
- The victims were Vivian Bertolino, 65, of Napa, Linda Wolters, 62, of American Canyon, and Katrina Clarke, 65, of Sacramento, with two in Brumley's car and one in the Toyota.
- Six people were injured in total, including Brumley, and the CHP says four people in the Toyota suffered major injuries.