Posts Tagged ‘fatal accident’
Child Dies After Collision With Delivery Truck In Lafayette Tuesday
A 10-year-old boy died after he collided with a delivery vehicle while riding his bicycle on Merriewood Drive in Lafayette Tuesday. The victim was identified as Leonardo Cellura of Lafayette. Investigators said the vehicle involved in the collision with Cellura, who was on a bicycle, was an Amazon delivery truck. The driver is cooperating with…
Read MoreDanville Man Killed In Sunday Evening Tesla Crash
Officials in Alameda County have identified the driver of a Model S Tesla that crashed through a fence and into a pond in a remote stretch of Crow Canyon Road Sunday as Keith Leung, 34, of Danville. Investigators are still looking into the cause of the crash reported at 8:31 p.m. Sunday, Leung’s car plunging…
Read MoreFatal Accident In Walnut Creek Triggers SigAlert Wednesday; 2nd Motorist Severely Injured
Reported by Flash and through our Facebook page as it happened this morning, with this update furnished by the CHP: Today at about 10:09am, Contra Costa CHP was advised of a solo vehicle traffic collision in Walnut Creek on the North Main Street on-ramp to northbound I-680. Upon CHP and emergency personnel arrival, it was…
Read MoreFatal Auto Vs. Pedestrian Collision On Moraga Road In Lafayette Monday
A pedestrian struck by a passing truck in the area of Moraga Road at Moraga Boulevard Monday died from injuries suffered in that collision. The victim, identified as Sui Yuen, 60, of Lafayette, was taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek immediately after the collision occurred at 1:31 p.m., but was later pronounced…
Read MoreFatal Crash On Westbound Highway 4 In Martinez Friday
California Highway Patrol officers responded to a rollover accident on Highway 4 in Martinez Friday, arriving to find a stretch of guardrail damaged and a man dead in the wreckage. Investigators believe the truck was hit from behind by another car, possibly while the driver was slowing to avoid something in the roadway, at 6:06…
Read MoreOne Dead In Alhambra Avenue Crash Tuesday
In a very rough night on local roads Martinez police were called out Tuesday after witnesses reported a car striking a tree in the area of Alhambra Avenue and Benham Drive. Witnesses reported seeing one person motionless behind the wheel at 7:36 p.m. Officers arrived on scene and found the driver trapped inside the vehicle. Medical…
Read MoreMoraga Man Dead After Crash-Filled Sunday On I-680
One person was killed in a flurry of isolated crashes – often reported just minutes apart – on I-680 from San Ramon to Alamo Sunday. The fatal accident, still being investigated and cleared as this is written (12:50 p.m.) was reported at 12:18 p.m. on southbound I-680 at the Sycamore Valley Road offramp and was…
Read MoreWet Wednesday Leaves One Dead; Commuters Fuming
A slippery day in the 24/680 led to a number of crashes across Central County – with a Martinez woman killed in a head-on accident early in the day and a series of crashes tying up traffic and elevating tempers as commuters slowed to a crawl California CHP investigators are looking into the cause of…
Read MoreFatal Accident On Bollinger Canyon Road In San Ramon Saturday; Area Closed To Northbound Traffic
An accident reported at 12:04 p.m. in the northbound lanes of Bollinger Canyon Road between Harcourt Way and Watermill Rd. has left one person dead and the thoroughfare closed as San Ramon police investigate its cause. Passersby, at least one of them a physician, reported seeing a car into a tree at that location with a…
Read MoreMartinez Man Dies After Wife Drives Car Through Garage Wall
An elderly Martinez man has died of injuries suffered when his wife accidentally accelerated their car through their garage Wednesday, trapping him under the vehicle and punching out the rear wall of the garage as the car surged forward. CHP Officer John Fransen said the man, later identified as Glenn Cottrell, 89, was attempting to help his wife reposition…
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