Coroner Identifies Dublin Man Killed in High-Speed Crash on I-680

PLEASANTON, CA: A man who died Saturday morning in a solo-vehicle crash on a transition ramp from southbound Interstate Highway 680 to eastbound Interstate Highway 580 in Pleasanton has been identified as 64-year-old Dublin resident Michael Chapman, the Alameda County coroner said.

California Highway Patrol officials initially reported Chapman was 65 years old. The first report of the crash came in at 7:30 a.m., CHP officials said. Chapman was driving a white Ford F-350 pickup truck with a raised frame when he lost control of it and hit some attenuator barrels between the transition ramp and the Hopyard Road off-ramp, CHP Officer Derek Reed said.

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The Ford 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 Ford came to rest on a guardrail. Chapman was pronounced dead at 7:48 a.m., CHP Officials said.

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

By Bay City News

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