The Danville Police Department and the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office are investigating an early morning police pursuit that ended with a serious injury crash.
Police Chief Steve Simpkins said the incident began at 1:09 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015 on Sycamore Valley Road near the southbound entrance ramp to I-680. A Danville Police Officer enacted a traffic stop after witnessing a white two-door Honda driving recklessly. The driver fled from the officer onto the freeway and exited onto eastbound Crow Canyon Road. The vehicle made a u-turn at the Iron Horse Trail crossing and turned south onto Camino Ramon. The vehicle left the roadway at a high rate of speed and struck a tree south of the intersection with Bollinger Canyon Road.
San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District was dispatched to the scene of the accident. The driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene and two passengers were transported to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek with serious injuries.
Because the accident involved a fatality, the Contra Costa County Fatal Incident Protocol has been invoked, and officials from the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office are at the scene investigating the incident.
The accident remains under investigation. No further information is available at this time.
