Traffic & Transit
Tri-City Man Killed In Crash With Parked Car
Police arrested the driver on suspicion of DUI.
NEWARK, CA — Newark police arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of driving under the influence after a collision late Saturday killed one of three passengers in his vehicle.
Officers from the Newark Police Department and members of the Alameda County Fire Department responded to an 11:20 p.m. report of a vehicle that had collided with a parked car on St. Isabel Avenue near Cedar Boulevard.
The emergency responders found an unresponsive passenger — a 22-year-old Fremont man — and transported him to a local hospital where he died of his injuries. His identity has not yet been released.
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The three other occupants had minor injuries.
Police arrested the driver — Salvador Silva-Ramierz, of Newark — on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.
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Police said this is the first fatal traffic collision in Newark in 2022, and it remains under investigation.
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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