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It was approximately 12:40 a.m. when a group of about 13 people, ages 20-22, were apparently celebrating a 21st birthday and were all on a fourth floor balcony at the Library Gardens apartments on Kittredge Street. For reasons unknown, the balcony gave way with all of the people on it and fell to the ground below. So far, six people have been confirmed dead, five of which were identified as foreign students from Ireland. Seven other people sustained serious to critical injuries and are being treated at the hospital.
A 45-year-old motorcyclist from Belmont identified as John Stark was killed in a crash in San Mateo Sunday afternoon on northbound U.S. Highway 101. The motorcyclist was heading northbound on a 2004 Suzuki when a 2006 Honda, also traveling northbound, hit the Suzuki. The motorcyclist lost control of the Suzuki and was ejected from the cycle. He was transported to Stanford Hospital and was pronounced deceased.
A woman was hit by a vehicle Sunday afternoon and was thrown about 20 yards from the force of the crash. The 48-year-old Martinez resident is in stable condition at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek on Monday. Police pursued felony DUI and hit-and-run charges against the driver, Michelle Cleveger, 45, of Martinez, who allegedly hit three cars and the pedestrian while driving on Alhambra Avenue around 2:21 p.m. Eyewitnesses followed Cleveger's Subaru Wagon when it fled after the crash. Police found her a few blocks away and arrested her.
A man in his 20s was headed south on Old Adobe in a maroon Nissan 240sx around 10:30 Saturday morning when for unknown reasons he crossed into the northbound lane near Corona Road, slamming into a silver Nissan 350z driven by a 61-year-old woman.
A park worker was apparently struck in the head by a rider at 8:15 p.m. Friday on the Flight Deck roller coaster. The rider sustained a hand injury, whild the worker was traumatically injured.
Preliminary investigation by the California Highway Patrol indicates that a 1998 Volkswagen Bug and a 2008 BMW 535i sedan were racing along East First Street in Cloverdale Friday night, east of the Russian River, over a bridge that crosses the river. Several bystanders were watching the race. Both cars were headed west going faster than 50 miles per hour, when the driver of the Volkswagen, a 16-year-old boy from Cloverdale, lost control of the vehicle and struck a raised concrete abutment on which three females had been sitting on prior to the collision.
At about 10:44 a.m., an SUV was attempting to make a left turn from Byron Highway when it was hit on the driver's side by a pickup truck that was behind it. Both vehicles ended up overturning in the collision. So far, an 89-year-old woman and 40-year-old man have both been confirmed dead. An unknown amount of people were taken to hospitals by helicopter and ambulance, but both children and adults were injured. Check back for udpates on this developing story.