Ashland: Fatal I-580 hit-and-run crash claims Tesla passenger

An individual died over the weekend after the Tesla they have been driving in on Interstate 580 crashed and caught fireplace, and a person was later arrested on suspicion of a number of fees in connection, authorities stated.

Alameda County firefighters reply to a fiery deadly crash at Interstates 238 and 580 in Castro Valley, Calif., on Saturday, March 26, 2022. (Courtesy Alameda County Hearth Division) Alameda County firefighters reply to a fiery deadly crash at Interstates 238 and 580 in Castro Valley, Calif., on Saturday, March 26, 2022. (Courtesy Alameda County Hearth Division) 

In statements Sunday, the California Freeway Patrol stated officers responded at 10:23 p.m. Saturday to westbound Interstate 580 lanes west of Castro Valley Boulevard for experiences of a doable solo collision.

When officers arrived, they discovered a 2021 Tesla Y that had veered off the roadway and down an embankment. After preliminary investigation, CHP officers realized that the Tesla was driving in westbound lanes when it veered onto the left-hand grime shoulder and struck a metallic pole earlier than colliding with the northbound Freeway 238 bridge abutment and catching fireplace.

Alameda County Hearth Division firefighters additionally responded to the scene, offering care to 2 Tesla passengers who managed to get out. The passengers, a San Francisco man and Oakland girl who had worn their seatbelts, have been later taken to Eden Medical Heart in Castro Valley for remedy of average accidents.

A 3rd passenger who was not carrying his seatbelt was trapped inside and was later pronounced lifeless on the scene. His identification was not out there Sunday night time from the Alameda County Sheriff’s Workplace coroner’s bureau, pending next-of-kin notification.

The Tesla’s driver, a 64-year-old Oakland man, managed to flee and went dwelling, the place officers discovered and arrested him. He was taken to ValleyCare Medical Heart in Pleasanton for remedy of minor accidents.

Officers later booked him into Santa Rita Jail on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, hit-and-run inflicting dying or deadly harm, and driving underneath the affect, inflicting bodily harm.

He was held on $150,000 bail and confronted an arraignment listening to Wednesday at Dublin’s East County Corridor of Justice, in keeping with a county data test Sunday night time.

Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.

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