Traffic & Transit
Newark Man ID'd As Crash Victim
A previous report stated that the man killed in Newark last weekend was a Fremont resident, but the coroner said he lived in Newark.
NEWARK, CA — The Alameda County coroner's bureau has released the name and hometown of a man killed in a crash in Newark last weekend. He was Juan Antonio Gonzalez-Ramirez, 22, of Newark.
A report earlier this week said he was a Fremont resident.
Gonzalez-Ramirez was a passenger in a vehicle that hit a parked car at 11:20 p.m. on St. Isabel Avenue near Cedar Boulevard.
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The driver and two other passengers sustained minor injuries.
The driver, identified by Bay City News as Salvador Silva-Ramierz of Newark, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
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Anyone with information about this collision is asked to please contact Traffic Officer Anthony Piquette via email at anthony.piquette@newark.org or by phone at 510-578-4953.
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