Crime & Safety

Pleasant Hill Woman Killed In Crash

Authorities say the woman drove her car off the road and died at the scene.

BRENTWOOD, CA — A Pleasant Hill woman was killed in a crash on State Highway 4 in Brentwood early Saturday morning, the California Highway Patrol said.

The CHP said the 45-year-old woman was going eastbound on the highway when she crashed her car off the roadway. Authorities said the woman died at the scene.

It is not known whether drugs or alcohol were invovled in the crash.

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The Contra Costa County coroner's office will identify the woman.

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