Coroner IDs Man Who Died In I-280 Crash

A man who died early Wednesday when his car struck a center divider on Interstate Highway 280 near Los Altos and another car crashed into him was 38-year-old Gokul Krishnan, according to the Santa Clara County medical examiner’s office.

Krishnan, of Redwood City, was the driver who perished in the crash on northbound Highway 280 north of the on-ramp to Foothill Expressway, an employee of the medical examiner said. The California Highway Patrol was notified at 1:46 a.m. Wednesday about the crash.

The driver of a BMW sedan, later identified as Krishnan, was heading north on the highway when for some reason he veered off of the roadway, crashed into the center divider and ended up back on the roadway, CHP officers said.

A Honda sedan heading north then struck the BMW. Krishnan died at the scene, while the Honda driver was not injured.

CHP Officer Moises Escoto said today that the CHP is still investigating the crash and that tests are pending to determine if drugs or alcohol use played a factor.

--Bay City News

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