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Tuesday, February 11, 2014Two men and a woman were arrested in Antioch early Wednesday morning after leading police on a chase that ended in a multi-car crash that sent one person to the hospital, according to police.
Police said that around 4:50 a.m., an Antioch officer attempted to pull over a stolen car but the driver sped away, leading the officer on a chase for several miles.
As the chase continued, the driver ran a red light at Lone Tree Way and Davison Drive and collided with three other vehicles in the intersection, police said.
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Thursday, February 6, 2014A pedestrian was struck and killed in Pinole on Thursday evening by a suspected drunken driver who also collided head-on with another car, police said Friday.
A Contra Costa County coroner’s deputy identified the pedestrian as 25-year-old Diego Garcia of Pinole.
Police said Garcia was struck and killed while walking on a sidewalk on Appian Way near Marlesta Road at about 6:10 p.m. Thursday.
A 32-year-old El Sobrante woman was driving north on Appian Way when she lost control of her car and crashed head-on into a car in a southbound lane, according to police.
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Thursday, January 23, 2014Police in Hercules are asking for the public’s help in finding a driver involved in a hit-and-run collision that left an elderly pedestrian with serious injuries.
The pedestrian, a 70-year-old man, was walking in a crosswalk in the 1300 block of Willow Avenue when an SUV heading south on Willow Avenue hit and knocked him to the ground, according to a police detective.
Witnesses told police that the driver of the SUV got out of the car and approached the victim and when a witness asked the driver if the victim was ok, he said, “He’s breathing,” Van Putten said.