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Early morning accident kills one
Oakland Tribune, Oct 21, 2005 by Paul Burgarino, STAFF WRITER
PLEASANTON -- The occupant of a Chevrolet Suburban was killed after a big-rig truck struck the stationary sport-utility vehicle at high speed early Thursday morning on Interstate 580.
The crash occurred along the extended shoulder of westbound I- 580 just past the Hopyard Road exit at 2:49 a.m., the California Highway Patrol reported.
According to witness reports, the big-rig drifted onto the shoulder, where the Suburban was, without braking or slowing, CHP spokesman Steve Creel said. He hit him full impact.
The Suburban driver was tentatively identified as a 25-year-old Sunnyvale man, said Frank Gentle of the Alameda County Coroners Office. The victim was burned beyond recognition and dental records will be used to verify his identity, Gentile said.
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The Suburban was parked on the gravel of the extended shoulder beyond the exit, about 14 to 15 feet off the freeway on the shoulder, Creel said.
The impact of the truck drove the Suburban forward about 500 feet, and set both ve-hicles on fire.
The truck hit the sport-utility vehicle so hard that the rear storage area compressed into the front seat area, Creel said.
The driver of the truck, Anthony Bravo, 44, of Suisun City, jumped from the truck immediately to escape the flames.
The truck was a contract carrier carrying mail from Fresno to Oakland. The fire destroyed both vehicles, but the mail in the big- rig trailer was not damaged.
The CHP had the accident cleared by 6:30 a.m., but the morning commute was still slowed.
About two to three minutes before the crash, the CHP received calls of a big-rig driving recklessly. Officers at the scene gave the driver sobriety tests and found no indication of drug or alcohol use, Creel said.
"He was probably overtired and may have just fallen asleep at the wheel," Creel said.
CHP officers arrested Bravo on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and he was booked into Santa Rita county jail, Creel said.
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