Driver airlifted to hospital after multi-vehicle Brentwood crash

( KRON ) — A driver was airlifted to a local hospital after being involved in a three car crash on Tuesday, the Brentwood Police Department said.

Brentwood PD said they received calls about a traffic collision on westbound Balfour Road at McViking Way at approximately 9:30 p.m.

Preliminary investigations revealed that Zachary Rau, 26, was reportedly driving his Chevy Silverado at high speeds before crashing into a Toyota RAV-4 driven by a 31-year-old man from Brentwood.

After being hit by the Chevy Silverado, the RAV4 crashed into a Honda HR-V driven by a 37-year-old man from Brentwood, police said.

A passenger from Rau’s vehicle, a 26-year-old Antioch male, sustained “serious” injuries and was transported to a local hospital. He is expected to survive, police said.

The driver of the RAV4, the 31-year-old Brentwood man, was unconscious and unresponsive when police arrived at the scene of the crash. Police said he sustained serious injuries that required him to be extracted from the car, eventually leading him to get airlifted to a local hospital.

Police said he is currently being treated for his injuries and “remains unstable.”

The driver of the HR-V, the 37-year-old Brentwood man, was not injured.

Rau was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries before getting arrested and booked at
the Martinez Detention Facility for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol,
causing injury.

The other drivers’ names are being withheld as the investigation is ongoing, police said.

Anyone with further information or if you witnessed the collision and have not already been
interviewed, please contact the Brentwood Police Department Traffic Safety Unit at (925)
634-6911.

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