Crime & Safety

Fairfield Man Killed In New Year's Eve Crash ID'd

The victim was rear-ended in the afternoon on westbound I-80.

A Fairfield man was killed Wednesday afternoon in a collision on Interstate Highway 80 in Vacaville, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The crash happened in the westbound lanes of I-80 just west of Leisure Town Road about 3:15 p.m., CHP officials said.

A 2014 Chevy Malibu driven by Jon Allen Spieger, 58, of Vacaville rear-ended a 1988 Honda Prelude driven by Edward Troske, 53, of Fairfield. Both vehicles sustained major damage.

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Troske was taken to Kaiser Hospital in Vacaville and succumbed to internal injuries while undergoing treatment about 5:15 p.m. for what had initially appeared to be minor injuries, according to the CHP.

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Spieger was not injured.

CHP officials said neither driver appeared to be impaired by alcohol or drugs during the crash.

--Bay City News

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