Woman Struck, Killed By Brick Tossed At Car On SR-242 Friday
California Highway Patrol investigators are looking for the person who threw a brick at a passing Volkswagen Jetta on SR-242 in Concord Friday night – striking and killing a 63-year-old female passenger. Officers responded to the SR-242 transition to SR-4 at approximately 9:32 p.m. Friday after being advised of a single-car crash in that area.…
What’d I See? Speedy Officer Wins Footrace With Burglar In San Ramon Tuesday
We Flashed our people in San Ramon when we heard of an apparent burglary and an ensuing footrace between police officer and would-be burglar – and wondered who the speedster might be. San Ramon PD provided this photo on their Facebook page and, no, we don’t know if Officer Hamilton will be known as “Speedy”…
DUI Drivers Ram Safeway Truck, Firetruck In Separate Incidents At Same Spot In Lafayette Monday Night
As we first reported via Flash and Facebook Monday evening, California Highway Patrol officers dealt with two separate crashes at the same location on Highway 24 Monday – both apparently caused by DUI driving. At about 9:06pm, Contra Costa CHP units were advised of a collision involving a sedan into the back of a Safeway…
Crashes, Cont’d – In San Ramon And Martinez Sunday
It’s getting so we almost hate to say anything but we wrote about the unusual number and nature of crashes on rain-slicked streets today and that story wasn’t up for more than an hour before two additional, serious crashes with injury popped up. Crow Canyon Road was closed after an SUV apparently struck a hydrant…
Two Injured In Orinda Crash Saturday
Two people were injured and rushed to John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek after a rollover crash on eastbound Highway 24 at Camino Pablo in Orinda Saturday. The crash was reported by several readers just after 6 p.m. Officers and firefighters found two victims not far from the wreckage of an overturned sedan. There was…
One Dead In I-680 Motorcycle Crash In Danville Sunday
Police and firefighters responded to the scene of a fatal collision involving a motorcycle on northbound I-680 just north of El Cerro Boulevard a little after 8 p.m. Sunday. Officers said the unidentified male rider of a red 2004 Honda CBR motorcycle was located in the roadway and declared deceased at the scene. A CHP…
Two Detained After Wrong-Way Pursuit On Highway 24 In Lafayette Sunday Morning
Two men were detained after a wrong-way chase on Highway 24 early Sunday morning, police backing off but keeping their car in sight until it was stopped at Pleasant Hill and Deer Hill roads at 1 a.m. The two occupants were detained at gunpoint as police converged on the area. No injuries were reported. The…
Passenger Killed In Clayton Crash Tuesday; Driver Booked On Suspicion Of DUI
Police in Clayton responded to a report of a crash in the 5400 block of Clayton Road Tuesday, arriving to find that a vehicle had crashed into an unoccupied, parked work truck at that location. Officers rendered aid to the occupants of the car, finding a male passenger deceased and the female driver with minor…
Three Contra Costa County Firefighters Test Positive For COVID-19
Three Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters have tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) and are at home under self-quarantine, a district spokesman confirmed Tuesday. Steve Hill said that 8 district employees people have been tested for COVID-19 with 3 testing positive, 3 testing negatively and 2 others awaiting results. Hill said the positive tests…
One Dead In I680 Crash In San Ramon Tuesday
A San Ramon man was killed when his car left the road and overturned on southbound I680 north of Bollinger Canyon Tuesday. Firefighters following up on reports of a car off the road at that location located the wreckage and found the driver deceased inside at 6:51 a.m. The driver was later identified as Matthew…