LAFAYETTE — A driver killed Saturday morning when his car crashed into some trees off Highway 24 was identified by the coroner’s office on Monday as 39-year-old Peter Yugai, of Walnut Creek.
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The crash happened about 4:15 a.m. Saturday on eastbound Highway 24 just west of Pleasant Hill Road.
The California Highway Patrol said its preliminary investigation indicated a black Toyota sedan driven by Yugai, for reasons still under investigation, veered off the right shoulder and crashed into multiple trees south of the roadway.
He was pronounced deceased on the highway. Yugai was the only occupant of the car.
Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or the events leading up to it, is asked to call the CHP’s Contra Costa Area Office in Martinez at 925-646-4980 or email [email protected] to be contacted by the investigating officer.