Crime & Safety
San Rafael Man Identified as Victim in Deadly Crash
His truck hit a metal pole and several trees before overturning multiple times and coming to rest down an embankment, according to the CHP.
By Bay City News Service:
A 40-year-old man killed in a crash late Saturday night near Orinda has been identified by the Contra Costa County coroner’s office as San Rafael resident Benjamin Drew.
The crash was reported at 10:58 p.m. on San Pablo Dam Road just north of Orinda, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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Drew was driving north in a 1992 Nissan pickup truck when, for some reason, the car veered into the opposite lane of traffic and then went off the roadway, CHP officials said.
The truck hit a metal pole and several trees before overturning multiple times and coming to rest down an embankment, according to the CHP. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Anyone who witnessed the crash or events leading up to it is asked to call the CHP’s Contra Costa office at (925) 646-4980.
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