2 Dead In Fremont Crash After Driver Evades Police
FREMONT (CBS SF) - Authorities have released the names of two people who were killed in a crash in Fremont on Monday afternoon that also left a third person in critical condition.
The Alameda County coroner's bureau identified the victims as Fremont residents Wayne Dutra, 35, and Julie Ann Frary, 36.
The accident happened at Fremont Boulevard at Delaware Drive in Fremont around 1:30 p.m. Monday.
The three cars involved were a Chevrolet Monte Carlo carrying four people, a Ford pickup truck carrying two people, and a Dodge Durango that contained just the driver, Fremont police Sgt. Mark Dang said.
A witness told police the driver of the Chevrolet, who was traveling east on Delaware Drive, ran a red light, causing the driver of the Dodge, who was traveling south on Fremont Boulevard, to hit the driver's side of the Chevrolet.
The impact sent the Chevrolet into a flood control canal, Dang said.
The Dodge then struck the side of the Ford, which was in the left-turn lane heading north on Fremont Boulevard and waiting to turn onto Delaware Drive, Dang said.
Dutra, who was driving the Chevrolet, and Frary, a backseat passenger in the car, were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The other backseat passenger was critically injured and was taken to a hospital, Dang said. The front-seat passenger was treated and released.
The two occupants of the Ford escaped uninjured. The driver of the Durango was transported for examination after complaining of pain, Dang said.
Shortly before the crash occurred, police had noticed the Chevrolet and deemed it suspicious, Dang said.
A Fremont patrol officer was about two blocks from the intersection of Fremont Boulevard at Delaware Drive when he saw the Chevrolet traveling in the opposite direction, Dang said.
The officer thought the car was suspicious and followed it to get the license plate number, but the Chevrolet turned a corner and the officer lost sight of it, according to Dang.
Dang said the officer had not activated the patrol car's siren and was not traveling at high speeds.
While looking for the Chevrolet, the officer was sent on a different call, Dang said. On the way to that call, the officer passed by the intersection where the crash had occurred and saw the Chevrolet in the ditch.
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