Crime & Safety
Deadly Crash Injures Newark Driver
One person was killed and two were injured, including a driver from Newark, in a Fremont crash.
FREMONT, CA — One person is dead and two are hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash in Fremont. One of the injured victims is a Newark resident. None of their names have been released.
The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. Friday at Thornton Avenue and the I-880 off ramp.
"Preliminary investigation revealed, one vehicle was traveling westbound Thornton Ave and the second vehicle was northbound on the I-880 off ramp," police said in a report. "A witness told our investigators the vehicle exiting I-880 had a green light to enter the intersection. As the vehicles approached the intersection, the westbound vehicle struck the vehicle exiting the off ramp."
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Police say that the driver of the westbound vehicle is a Fremont resident, and the driver of the other vehicle is a Newark resident.
Traffic Investigator Michael Ramsey of the Fremont Police Department Traffic Unit wants to hear from witnesses. Contact him at 510-790-6776 or by email at mramsey@fremont.gov.
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