65-Year-Old Dublin Man Dies in High-Speed Crash in Pleasanton

PLEASANTON, CA: A 65-year-old Dublin man died this morning in a solo-vehicle crash on the transition ramp from southbound Interstate Highway 680 to eastbound Interstate Highway 580 in Pleasanton, California Highway Patrol officials said.

The crash was first reported at 7:30 a.m. The man was driving a white Ford F-350 pickup truck with a raised frame when he lost control of the vehicle and hit the attenuator barrels between the transition ramp and the Hopyard Road exit ramp, CHP Officer Derek Reed said.

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The truck hit the barrels at a high rate of speed, went over a guardrail and the front of the truck crashed into a freeway overpass abutment. The truck came to rest on a guardrail. Paramedics pronounced the man dead at 7:48 a.m., CHP Officials said.

One lane of the transition ramp was closed until about 10 a.m. and the Hopyard Road exit ramp reopened at 2:30 p.m. after road crews repaired the damage and replaced the attenuator barrels.

By Bay City News

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