Update: Deadly Crash on Highway 4

HERCULES, CA - The CHP reports a fatal crash on Highway 4, east of Hercules.

The crash was reported at just after 6 a.m. Friday. The coroner was requested at the scene at 6:26.

Two vehicles were reportedly involved including one that overturned.

The victim, a man in his 50s from Manteca, was driving a white 2013 Ford work truck when he apparently swerved to possibly avoid debris in the road and began to slow down, CHP spokesman Officer Brandon Correia said.

A man driving behind him in a Ford Focus was unable to stop in time and ran into the back of the truck, which careened off of the road and into a large wooden post, Correia said.

The truck ended up on its roof and the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the Focus, who was unhurt, pulled over and is cooperating with investigators, who don't believe drugs, alcohol, speed or reckless driving played a part in the collision.

-Bay City News contributed to this report; Image via Renee Schiavone, Patch