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Oakland police are asking the public's help in locating the driver responsible for a deadly hit-and-run that killed Royce Vaughn, 47, at approximately 11 p.m. Friday night on 28th Street near San Pablo Avenue. Vaughn was probably a patron at a nearby bar or restaurant, and authorities are hoping someone who saw him prior to his death can provide information on the incident.
The three-vehicle collision happened at 14th and Adeline streets at approximately 5:00 p.m. when a man in his 40s who was a passenger in a Chevrolet pickup was killed. The driver of that truck was transported to the hospital in stable condition and a adult female passenger remains in critical condition. A woman driving in a Audi sedan sustained minor injuries. The driver of a Saab hatchback fled the scene.
A Gilroy motorcyclist was killed in a collision Thursday morning on Moffett Boulevard in Mountain View. Karl Halladay, 24, crashed with a car and was transported to a local hospital where he died. Alcohol or drugs do not appear to be factors in the accident. The exact cause of the collision is under investigation.
Maria Crozier, 31, of North Ridgeville, Ohio, and her husband, Brad Crozier, 38, were bicycling shortly before 2 p.m. when she was hit by a northbound contract mail truck as they exited a driveway in the 1000 block of Main Street. The crash knocked her off the bicycle and she was struck by the truck’s rear wheels. She was pronounced deceased at the crash site. Witnesses said the bicycle was wobbling and the rider's feet were off the pedals as she attempted to avoid the collision.
59-year-old Jon Spiegel of Vacaville was unable to negotiate a curve on southbound Monticello Road at around 4:35 p.m. The motorcycle went down, leaving Spiegel with major injuries, and his passenger, 59-year-old Connie Kabeary of San Pablo, with minor injuries. The accident occurred about 1.3 miles south of Circle Oaks.
The California Highway Patrol says 60-year-old Michael Frates of San Ramon failed to stop in time behind another vehicle that had stopped for the red light at the intersection of southbound Highway 29 at Highway 221 on Sunday afternoon. Frates and his passenger, 54-year-old Carla Frates, were both thrown from the motorcycle and suffered major, but non-life-threatening injuries.
Gail Smith, 49, majorly injured in single-motorcycle crash on Highway 128 in Napa County, California
49-year-old Gail Smith of El Sobrante was injured when his motorcycle crashed on westbound Highway 128 approximately 1 mile east of Pope Valley Road at 4:40 p.m.
One person is dead after a plane crashed near Livermore Thursday night or Friday morning. A single-engine Cessna 210 traveling to Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose from Concord was reported overdue Thursday. An official with the Alameda County coroner's bureau said someone from the bureau was on the way to the crash scene Friday. Check back for updates.