A multi-vehicle collision early Tuesday morning in Tracy left a 22-year-old man dead, police said.
The Tracy Police Department’s Communication Center said it received reports at about 12:15 a.m. about a multi-vehicle collision near the intersection of Tracy Boulevard and Grant Line Road.
Witnesses from the scene reported that one of the vehicles was fully engulfed in flames and that the occupants of the vehicles involved were trapped inside.
At the scene, officers worked to extract the driver of the vehicle whose car was on fire, police said.
Officers provided medical aid to the driver, a Tracy man, until medical personnel arrived. Police said due to the man’s injuries suffered in the crash he was dead at the scene.
His identity has not yet been released.
The second vehicle carried a 19-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman of Tracy who were taken to a hospital with major injuries.
Police said the pair were in stable condition.
The Traffic Safety Unit responded to the scene to investigate the cause of the crash, police said.
Anyone with information about the collision is asked to contact Officer Adrian Macias with the Tracy Police Department at Adrian.Macias@TracyPD.com or 209-831-6949.
Record reporter Victoria Franco covers public safety in Stockton and San Joaquin County. She can be reached at vfranco@gannett.com. Support local news, subscribe to The Stockton Record at https://www.recordnet.com/subscribenow.
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Reporting by Victoria Franco, The Stockton Record / The Record
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