CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Calif. (KRON) – One person died and two others were injured in a car collision on Highway 4 in Contra Costa County on Monday afternoon, according to authorities.
Around 4:56 p.m., officials received reports of a head-on collision between Balfour Road and Marsh Creek Road in Brentwood.
Authorities say a grey 2008 Nissan Ultima drove across the solid double yellow lines and collided with a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe.
The California Highway Patrol says the driver of the Nissan, identified as a 21-year-old male from Antioch, was pronounced dead.
The coroners office will release his identity at a later time.
Two adults in the Hyundai were critically injured, a male driver and female passenger.
Con Air 1 and 2 arrived on the scene to transport the two to John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek
The road was temporarily closed while investigators were on the scene.
At this time, no other details have been released.
If you have any information, you are asked to contact the CHP at (925) 646-4980.
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