Lafayette: Passenger dies, driver injured in solo Hwy. 24 crash

LAFAYETTE — A man died and a woman was injured Sunday after their car ran off of Highway 24, authorities said.

Authorities on Tuesday identified the dead man as 24-year-old Joseph Salmeron, from El Sobrante. He was a passenger in the car.

Around 10:25 a.m. Sunday, California Highway Patrol officers received word of a possible crash in the eastbound lanes near Oak Hill Road involving a sport-utility vehicle, according to a social-media post from the agency.

When CHP officers arrived, they found a Toyota Yaris that had left the roadway and struck a tree in the center median.

Paramedics soon arrived and took Salmeron and the driver to a hospital. Salmeron was pronounced dead there.

The driver had life-threatening injuries. There was no update on her condition available Monday.

No Sig-alert closing lanes for any investigation was issued. Anyone with information may call the CHP’s Contra Costa office at 925-646-4980.

Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.

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