Crime & Safety
2 Victims ID'd In Crash That Killed 3, Left 5 Hospitalized
In total, six vehicles in both directions were involved in the collision on U.S. Highway 101.
SANTA CLARA COUNTY — Authorities have released the names of two of the three people killed early Monday in a chain-reaction crash on U.S. Highway 101 in Sunnyvale.
Tyler Tolentino Rasay, 28, of South San Francisco, and Paul August Dennig Jr., 24, died in the collision, according to the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner's Office.
The name of a third person killed in the wreck has not been released.
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Five others were hospitalized after the chain-reaction wreck, which was reported about 12:30 a.m. on northbound 101 just south of Fair Oaks Avenue.
The California Highway Patrol said the crash was triggered when a Ford pickup truck traveling north struck the center divider and came to a stop, blocking some northbound lanes. Other cars then hit the pickup and also stopped in the northbound lanes.
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Three people got out of the cars and were standing nearby when another vehicle collided with them, causing two to be thrown into southbound lanes, where another vehicle struck them, according CHP spokesman Officer Ross Lee.
A total six vehicles were involved in the chain reaction.
Both directions were closed to traffic after the crash, but the freeway had fully reopened by 9:10 a.m.
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