Rollover crash kills Calif. man

By Kevin Howe
The Monterey County Herald

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. — A Pacific Grove man was killed when his car ran off Holman Highway, down a hillside and crashed into a tree Sunday , the California Highway Patrol reported.

The accident occurred in the early morning, said CHP Officer James Eagleman, when a red 2002 Honda Civic, driven by Brian Henderson, 24, westbound on Holman, ran into an embankment on the right side of the roadway, rolled on its side, and skidded across the eastbound lane and down a hillside, striking several trees.

The car came to rest on its roof about 30 feet below the roadway near the S.F.B. Morse Gate to Pebble Beach, Eagleman said.

The wreckage was spotted shortly before 2:15 p.m. from the highway by a man driving a truck, he said, and the driver called authorities.

Patrolmen and firefighters from the Pebble Beach Community Services District responded and found Henderson dead in the vehicle, Eagleman said, adding that no one else was in the car and Henderson was wearing his seatbelt.

Henderson's body was recovered by firefighters and released to the coroner, Eagleman said, and an autopsy is scheduled today.

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