A 21-year-old Oakley man whose family said he preferred staying home “so he could be safe” died Tuesday in a head-on crash caused by two other vehicles racing, authorities said.
The tragedy that killed Ryan Amigable resulted from the race between two other drivers on westbound state Highway 84 about 6:15 p.m., according to a statement from the California Highway Patrol. Amigable died at the scene. One of the two drivers who was racing fled, and the other was hospitalized, the CHP said.
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“Heartbroken does not begin to describe how the family feels right now,” organizers for an on-line fundraiser wrote in the entry. Donations rose to $13,620 by 10 a.m. Thursday morning. The fundraiser is seeking $18,000. Organizers said will go to support the immediate financial needs of the family.
The CHP said a person driving a Lexus IS 250 and another person behind the wheel of a white 2015-16 GMC Sierra pick-up truck were “engaged in a speed contest” at Pigeon Pass when the Lexus lost control and veered into the eastbound lane.
The Lexus smashed into the Honda Civic that Amigable drove.
“He never wanted to go out, so he could be safe at home,” the fundraising statement said of Amigable. “All he did was work, stay home, and spend his time in his room posing his action figures, which was his hobby and he loved doing it.”
The Lexus driver suffered major head injuries and went by air ambulance to the Regional Medical Center in San Jose. The CHP did not have an update on his condition early Thursday.
The GMC pick-up truck driver fled the scene going west on Highway 84, the CHP said. They added that the GMC was a lifted-four-door-2500 variety with black rims, oversized tires and equipped with a receiver hitch, tow mirrors and chrome bumpers.
Investigators are uncertain whether drug or alcohol use were factors in the crash.
The CHP is looking for witnesses or people who may have information on the GMC or the person driving it. They encouraged anyone with any information to contact CHP Officer G. Barajas at 925-828-0466