Crime & Safety
Coroner IDs Man Hit By Truck On 580
The Alameda County Coroner's Bureau released the name of a 52-year-old man hit by a semi-truck after he got out of his stalled car.
LIVERMORE, CA — The Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau has released the name of a man killed after he was hit by a truck and his car while standing on I-580 in unincorporated Livermore earlier this month.
Jose Arenas, 52, was killed the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 2, the Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau confirmed to Patch. According to a report from the California Highway Patrol, Arenas was traveling eastbound on I-580 near Greenville Road, when his Toyota Corolla drifted to the right and hit one of the yellow attenuator barrels on the right shoulder.
His car stopped, and was blocking one of the lanes. Arenas got out of his car and was standing toward the back of it when a Freightliner semi-truck towing a box trailer crashed into his car. Arenas was hit by both the truck and his car, causing fatal injuries, according to CHP Officer Tyler Hahn.
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CHP issued a SigAlert, and the right three lanes of eastbound 580 were blocked for several hours.
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