Driver ejected from vehicle in fatal collision near Highway 99 in Galt, CHP say

A Stockton man was killed Tuesday morning in a fatal collision after leaving the roadway on southbound Highway 99 in Galt, the California Highway Patrol said.

Officers said the driver, identified as Rafael Bautista, 65, made an unsafe right turn off on Twin Cities Road after leaving Highway 99 and lost control of his car on a dirt shoulder. His vehicle, a 2007 Honda Fit, rolled over before going through a barbed-wire fence. The man was ejected from the car, which came to a stop near West Stockton Boulevard, the CHP said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, and officers said he was not wearing a seat belt.

This story was originally published November 7, 2019 at 3:07 PM.