The fatal Castro Valley accident
08-12-2008, 08:38 AM
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Fatal accident....
Just heard this on the news.........an 18 year old male with a 17 year old female passenger in a Corvette of some type left the road on East Castro Valley Blvd. Both DOA on the scene 
I'll post up more details as I hear them
I'll post up more details as I hear them
08-12-2008, 08:51 AM
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This is a terrible way to have my morning coffee........
They just showed another segmet on the news & I thought I saw a white C5 in the background. They're speculating about street racing according to witnesses.......
They just showed another segmet on the news & I thought I saw a white C5 in the background. They're speculating about street racing according to witnesses.......
08-12-2008, 10:35 AM
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That sucks. Hopefully it was not a street racing accident, but it sounds that way. Any more details? Maybe a little tooo much power for a teenager????????
08-12-2008, 11:05 AM
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Sarah...female passenger 17
Clark Write (mispelled) 18 driver...
Lost control on a turn...slid hit a telephone pole...split the car in half...
from what I heard....
Clark Write (mispelled) 18 driver...
Lost control on a turn...slid hit a telephone pole...split the car in half...
from what I heard....
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08-12-2008, 11:19 AM
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Two Castro Valley teenagers died early today when their Corvette crashed into a power pole at high speed and flipped over shortly after witnesses saw the car racing a BMW on the street, authorities said.
The victims, an 18-year-old man who was driving the 1997 Corvette and his passenger, a 17-year-old girl, were pronounced dead at the scene, the California Highway Patrol said. Their names were not immediately released.
The crash was reported at 12:43 a.m. on westbound Dublin Canyon Road a half-mile east of Paloverde Road. CHP officers determined that the Corvette had been traveling at high speed when it skidded 300 feet, left the road and hit a power pole, splintering it into several pieces, said CHP Officer Steve Creel.
The car then hit a fence bordering Interstate 580, slid another 100 feet and landed on its roof, the CHP said. The Corvette crushed the teenage victims, Creel said.
Investigators believe the Corvette had been racing a dark blue 2004 BMW M3 sometime before the crash on eastbound Dublin Canyon Road. It was unclear how much time elapsed between the street race and the crash - which occurred in the opposite direction - or whether the Corvette was still racing at the time the driver lost control, the CHP said.
"We don't know if the Corvette too off by itself at high speed or whether it was actively racing," Creel said.
A third car was apparently at the scene of the street race, Creel said.
Although Dublin Canyon Road has seen its share of serious crashes, the area is not known for street racing, Creel said. The teenagers apparently decided on the "spur of the moment" to race on the street, drawn by its easy access and the fact that there few cars on the road at that early hour, he said.
"It just reinforces the idea of why we have such a proactive stance against any type of street racing, not the fact that it might happen, but it does happen and we end up picking up the pieces," Creel said. "These two were young and had a life ahead of them that was terminated because of a bad decision."
Two Castro Valley teenagers died early today when their Corvette crashed into a power pole at high speed and flipped over shortly after witnesses saw the car racing a BMW on the street, authorities said.
The victims, an 18-year-old man who was driving the 1997 Corvette and his passenger, a 17-year-old girl, were pronounced dead at the scene, the California Highway Patrol said. Their names were not immediately released.
The crash was reported at 12:43 a.m. on westbound Dublin Canyon Road a half-mile east of Paloverde Road. CHP officers determined that the Corvette had been traveling at high speed when it skidded 300 feet, left the road and hit a power pole, splintering it into several pieces, said CHP Officer Steve Creel.
The car then hit a fence bordering Interstate 580, slid another 100 feet and landed on its roof, the CHP said. The Corvette crushed the teenage victims, Creel said.
Investigators believe the Corvette had been racing a dark blue 2004 BMW M3 sometime before the crash on eastbound Dublin Canyon Road. It was unclear how much time elapsed between the street race and the crash - which occurred in the opposite direction - or whether the Corvette was still racing at the time the driver lost control, the CHP said.
"We don't know if the Corvette too off by itself at high speed or whether it was actively racing," Creel said.
A third car was apparently at the scene of the street race, Creel said.
Although Dublin Canyon Road has seen its share of serious crashes, the area is not known for street racing, Creel said. The teenagers apparently decided on the "spur of the moment" to race on the street, drawn by its easy access and the fact that there few cars on the road at that early hour, he said.
"It just reinforces the idea of why we have such a proactive stance against any type of street racing, not the fact that it might happen, but it does happen and we end up picking up the pieces," Creel said. "These two were young and had a life ahead of them that was terminated because of a bad decision."
08-12-2008, 02:07 PM
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The fatal Castro Valley accident
early reprts state they were racing a 2004 BMW, CHP is trying to determine weather they were in a heat at the time.MAIT is on scean.
joining in praying for the families. check out ktvu link below
http://www.ktvu.com/news/17168014/detail.html
joining in praying for the families. check out ktvu link below
http://www.ktvu.com/news/17168014/detail.html