Two men died when a vehicle crashed in Newark on Thursday evening, according to police.
Officers responded shortly before 5:30 p.m. to the single-vehicle crash reported on Thornton Avenue near Hickory Street and arrived to find two people, one who had been ejected from the vehicle, Newark police said.
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The driver and passenger both were pronounced dead. The driver was identified by the Alameda County Coroner's Bureau on Friday as Anthony Andres Reynoza Monchez, a 33-year-old man from Hayward, and the passenger as Luis Alberto Deras, a 31-year-old man from Union City.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Traffic Sgt. Karl Fredstrom at karl.fredstrom@newarkca.gov or (510) 578-4974.
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