BRENTWOOD — The driver of a pickup truck slammed into a tree on a rural road in an unincorporated part of the city, killing the man early Sunday, authorities said.
The wreck happened about 1:10 a.m. on Sunset Road, west of Sellers Avenue, according to a statement from the California Highway Patrol. The driver of the brown pickup truck was the vehicle’s only occupant.He died while in an ambulance on the way to a hospital, the CHP said. Authorities did not identify him immediately on Monday, pending notification of relatives.
No one else was injured in the crash.
According to the CHP, the truck’s driver was going west when he veered left across the eastbound lanes. The truck left the roadway and crashed head-on into a tree on the south side of Sunset Road.
An autopsy will determine if the man had a medical event before the crash, or whether there was some other cause.
The CHP asked anyone who may have seen the crash or the truck in the moments leading up to it to contact their Contra Costa County office at 925-646-4980.
