Union City Man Killed When Truck Smashes Into Fire Truck

UNION CITY, CA — Union City resident Joeffrey Catahan died early Sunday following a crash on Highway 101 in Palo Alto, according to the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office.

The 47-year-old man was driving a box truck carrying baked goods at 4:30 a.m. when he crashed into the back of a fire truck that was stopped on the highway. The emergency vehicle had responded to an earlier crash.

Catahan was taken to Stanford Medical Center, where he died shortly after arrival.

No fire department personnel were in the truck when it was hit, and none were injured.

The cause of the crash is under investigation, according to CHP Officer Art Montiel.

— Patch editor Bea Karnes and Bay City News contributed to this story

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