Obituaries
Passenger Killed When Driver Crashes Into Parked Truck In Clayton
Clayton police are investigating the fatal incident as a possible DUI.
CLAYTON, CA — A 24-year-old Oakland man died Tuesday in Clayton when a vehicle he was in crashed into an unoccupied and parked work truck, police said. Clayton police received a report at 9:36 a.m. of the collision along the 5400 block of Clayton Road.
The driver of the vehicle, a 26-year-old woman from Pittsburg, was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. Officers pronounced the vehicle's male passenger dead at the scene.
Officers determined that the woman was under the influence of alcohol during the collision and booked her into Contra Costa County Jail after she was released from the hospital. Clayton police did not immediately release the names of the driver or the passenger.
Find out what's happening in Concordfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
An investigation into the collision is ongoing, according to police.
Copyright ©2020 by Bay City News, Inc.—Republication, Rebroadcast or any other Reuse without the express without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited.