Crime & Safety
Pleasanton Victim ID'd In Fiery Crash Off Highway 680
A 67-year-old man was identified Wednesday by the Alameda County coroner's bureau as the victim of a fiery crash last month.
PLEASANTON, CA — A 67-year-old man was identified Wednesday by the Alameda County coroner's bureau as the victim of a fiery crash last month just off Interstate Highway 680.
Jong Park of Pleasanton died when his Mercedes-Benz sedan left an off-ramp, went down an embankment, hit a tree and burst into flames.
Officers responded at 6:29 p.m. on Aug. 14, to a solo-vehicle crash just off the Bernal Avenue off-ramp from Highway 680.
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California Highway Patrol officials do not know why Park's Mercedes-Benz left the roadway or whether impairment played a role.
Park was the only person in the Mercedes when it crashed, CHP Officer Tyler Hahn said by email.
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Flames from the crash started a vegetation fire, Hahn said. Officers closed the Highway 680 off- and on-ramps at Bernal Avenue for about 90 minutes so firefighters could put out the blaze.
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