HERCULES, CA —A passenger died in a crash involving a possibly drunk driver in Hercules early Sunday morning, according to police.
Officers responded around 2 a.m. to the area of San Pablo and Sycamore avenues and arrived to find a vehicle had crashed into a tree off the roadway and caught fire.
A 28-year-old man was in the center median with burns to his body and a broken leg. Officers determined he was the registered owner of the vehicle and smelled alcohol coming from him.
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Fire crews extinguished the car fire and found a male dead in the front passenger seat, police said.
The driver was taken to a hospital to be treated for his injuries and police were not yet releasing his name.
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The Contra Costa County coroner's office has not yet identified the passenger who died as of Monday afternoon.
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