Traffic & Transit
Driver Killed In Car Crash With Big Rig
A passenger in the car was hospitalized following the crash near the airport.
SAN LEANDRO, CA — San Leandro police report that a collision with a tractor-trailer killed the driver of a car Tuesday afternoon and sent a passenger to the hospital.
Officers responded to a 4:10 p.m. report of a collision between a car and a big-rig truck in the area of Eden Road and Doolittle Drive just east of the Oakland International Airport, according to a news release issued Wednesday night by the San Leandro Police Department.
Upon arrival, officers found the driver of the car unresponsive and she died at the scene. A passenger in her car was taken to a local hospital and is expected to survive.
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Police said a preliminary investigation indicates that speed was a factor in the collision.
The driver of the truck was uninjured and remained at the scene to cooperate with the investigation, police said.
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