Contra Costa Man Dies in Santa Rosa Crash

SANTA ROSA, CA — The Sonoma County Sheriff-Coroner's Office has identified two men killed in a crash early Sunday morning on Stony Point Road as Salvador Aguilera, 40, of Santa Rosa, and Bernardo Barragan, 45, of Pittsburg.

At 12:12 a.m. Sunday, the Santa Rosa police and fire departments got word of a crash between a silver Cadillac CTS and a silver BMW at the intersection of Stony Point Road and Lazzini Avenue, near Trombetta Street.

Emergency personnel arrived at the scene to find the driver of the Cadillac CTS, Aguilera, and his passenger, Barragan, suffering fatal injuries. Santa Rosa Fire Department firefighter/paramedics pronounced both men dead at the scene.

Two males and one female who were riding in the BMW were taken by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment of serious but not life-threatening injuries, Santa Rosa police said.

Stony Point Road was closed between Gardner Avenue and Campbell Drive for several hours as traffic investigators gathered information from the scene.

Witnesses told police the BMW was speeding northbound on Stony Point Road at Lazzini Avenue and the Cadillac was traveling westbound on Lazzini Avenue at Stony Point Road.

"It is unknown at this time if the Cadillac was going straight across the intersection or making a left turn onto southbound Stony Point Road," Santa Rosa police said Sunday in a statement about the fatal crash. "It is also unknown which vehicle had a green light to enter the intersection."

Officers were still investigating whether alcohol or any other drug may have played a role in the collision.

Any witnesses of the crash or anyone who has information about it asked to call Santa Rosa Police Department’s Traffic Division at 707-543-3636 and ask to speak to Officer Jeff Adams.