At 7:30 am Sunday, Oakley Police officers responded to a report of a vehicle that had come to a stop in the driveway of East Contra Costa Fire Protection District Station 93 with a deceased victim inside.
Firefighters who were dispatched to a call on Bethel Island at 7:26 am were leaving the station when they first located the vehicle blocking the driveway.
According emergency personnel on scene, the male victim sustained traumatic injuries with blood everywhere in the vehicle. It’s possible the victim was driving to the fire station to seek medical treatment.
The City of Oakley confirmed by stating on their Facebook Page:
This morning at about 7:30 a.m.an Oakley Officer responded to a vehicle blocking the driveway at the fire station on O’Hara Avenue. The apparent driver of the vehicle was determined to be deceased. It appears the subject sustained some traumatic injury, it is unclear at this point what caused the death of the subject or where the traumatic injury took place.
As in all cases where a death is suspicious, investigators have been called to the scene. The Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation. More information will be released as details become available.As the investigation continues, residents should avoid using O’Hara Ave near the Fire Station.
Police shut down a portion of O’Hara Avenue while they investigate the death. It’s yet to be determined where what caused the traumatic injury or where it took place.
The Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation with Oakley police assisting. No further information has been provided on scene.
The Contra Costa County Sheriffs Office stated late Sunday morning that there appears to be no indication of foul play in a death of a man in front of the Oakley Fire Station. Instead, they believed it was related to a pre-existing medical condition.
According to sources, it’s believed a dialysis picc-line fell out of the man causing him to bleed out and was the cause of the blood inside the vehicle.
