Crime & Safety

Coroner IDs 2 Killed In East Contra Costa Wreck

The man and woman died in a Saturday night crash in Pittsburg, officials said.

PITTSBURG, CA – The Contra Costa County coroner's office has identified two people who died in a crash Saturday night in Pittsburg as Rasmey and Kimberly Seng, a 63-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman from Pittsburg.

Officers responded to a crash around 10 p.m. after a Toyota traveling south on Railroad Avenue attempted to make a lane change while a Lexus tried to pass the Toyota at a high speed, according to Pittsburg police
Capt. Steve Albanese.

The driver of the Lexus sideswiped the other car and then lost control, eventually crashing into a tree on the right shoulder of the road near Alturas Avenue, Albanese said.

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The passenger in the Lexus was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver was taken to John Muir Medical Center, where he passed away early Sunday.

The driver of the Toyota suffered minor injuries in the crash.

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Police did not say whether alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash.

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