Benicia-Martinez Bridge Crash Victim Is Identified

MARTINEZ - A man who died after crashing Sunday near the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, possibly because of a medical emergency, was identified Wednesday by the Contra Costa County coroner's office as Thomas Charles Jones.

The 52-year-old man was found unresponsive after a crash reported at 3:11 p.m. on southbound Interstate Highway 680 north of Marina Vista Avenue in Martinez, California Highway Patrol officials said.

CHP officials said the Fairfield resident allowed his pickup truck to drift into a concrete center divider several times before crossing multiple lanes of traffic and coming to rest on the right shoulder of the highway.

The man was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

It does not appear drugs or alcohol played a part in the crash, but a medical emergency may have preceded it, CHP officials said.

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