Just before midnight, the California Highway Patrol responded to a vehicle versus guard shack that in the Town of Discovery Bay killing one person and injuring two others.
The crash occurred at Balfour Road at Bixler at 11:58 pm Friday where according to Chase Jeffrey of the CHP, a solo vehicle crashed into a guard shack in front of a gated community. A guard who was in the guard shack died while two other people were injured which were the driver of the vehicle (a solo occupant) and the other was a guard that was on duty.
“The second guard was in the guard shack, and he is deceased,” explained Jeffrey who said Contra Costa County Fire Protection District firefighters pronounced at scene.
The suspect driver was a juvenile (either 16 or 17 years old) and the car was registered in Discovery Bay in the Lake Shore area and its unknown where the driver was coming or going from.
The deceased was described as an older Hispanic male.
According to a Paul Singh, a witness, he said he heard the guard yelling, “stop, stop, stop, because he had seen a car coming towards them upon initial impact,” adding that the regular guards on duty were not working the shift.
The driver was taken to an area hospital where CHP will continue its investigation. Its also believed the driver was on a provisional license. Its unknown if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash.
Check back for updates.
CHP LOG
| Detail Information | |||||||
| 4:41 AM | 16 | [64] [CHP] has closed their incident [241207GG0205] | |||||
| 3:39 AM | 15 | [51] 19-OIC INQ INJ ON THE J? // C19-404C C-O-P | |||||
| 2:58 AM | 14 | [50] Secondary Location for 19-OIC: FOLLOWING 1185 TO OLIVERS, | |||||
| 1:50 AM | 13 | [47] 1039 COCO SO | |||||
| 12:52 AM | 12 | [38] 1039 CCSO FOR CORONER REQ ;; DPTY WILL 1021 C19-180C DIRECTLY | |||||
| 12:44 AM | 11 | [35] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 OLIVER’S TOW AS EVIDENCE * 800.696.9609 | |||||
| 12:42 AM | 10 | [34] Tow Request Cancelled: 952993 | |||||
| 12:40 AM | 9 | [32] 19-OIC MAKE THAT AN EVIDENCE TOW | |||||
| 12:38 AM | 8 | [31] LL 1185 | |||||
| 12:36 AM | 7 | [28] Tow Request Cancelled: 952990 | |||||
| 12:35 AM | 6 | [26] [Rotation Request Comment] AM TOW — BO LINE | |||||
| 12:28 AM | 5 | [23] C19-180C 1185R WRECKER VEH INSIDE BUILDING – PULL OUT FB AND WRECKER | |||||
| 12:12 AM | 4 | [17] LN16 PER COCO FIRE | |||||
| 12:08 AM | 3 | [13] 19-180C 19-OIC CPYS LN 11 | |||||
| 12:00 AM | 2 | [8] 1039 1141– ENRT | |||||
| 11:58 PM | 1 | [3] PKTK VS GUARD SHACK | |||||
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- Nov 29 – CHP Investigating Friday Morning Fatal Crash on Highway 4
- Nov 25 – CHP Investigating Vehicle vs. Bicyclist Fatality on SR-242 in Concord
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