Crime & Safety
2 Killed In South Bay Crash
Drugs or alcohol may have been a factor in the crash, the CHP said.
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — Two Hollister men died in a head-on crash near Gilroy on Tuesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The crash was reported at about 8:05 a.m. on Frazer Lake Road south of Bloomfield Avenue. The names of the two men who died were not yet available from the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office.
A 53-year-old man was driving a 2015 Nissan Altima sedan south on Frazier Lake Road when he allowed the car to drift off the right-hand shoulder and hit a metal guardrail, CHP officials said.
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The Altima then veered into the northbound lane into the path of a 2005 Nissan Frontier truck and the two vehicles collided head-on. Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene, according to the CHP.
Investigators said alcohol or drugs may have played a factor in the collision, but more details about possible impairment were not immediately released.
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Anyone with information about the crash is encouraged to call CHP Officer M. Figone at (408) 848-2324.
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