Alexander Sassman, 51, killed, and Jeffrey Scott Moffitt, 51, injured in taxi crash on Interstate Highways 680 and 80 in Fairfield, California
San Jose taxi driver involved in fatal Fairfield taxi crash
All three occupants were wearing seatbelts, according to the CHP.
Passenger dies in taxi cab crash
The taxi, a 2006 Ford Crown Victoria, was traveling at an estimated speed of 60 to 65 mph northbound on I-680 at the I-80 eastbound connector just after 1 a.m. when the driver lost control, according to the CHP. The vehicle went airborne and overturned, landing on Central Way, which runs parallel to the freeway, Fodersmith said.
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A man died in a taxi collision near Interstate Highways 680 and 80 early Tuesday. Alexander Sassman, 51, of Loyalton in Sierra County, was in a Ford Crown Victoria that exited of the road around 1 a.m. The Ford driver, Berhe Tekle Alem, 52, of San Jose was heading at freeway speed when he lost control of the vehicle. The Ford overturned and ended up on Central Way. Alem suffered minor injuries and Jeffrey Scott Moffitt, 51, of Pollock Pines, suffered major injuries.
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