On May 21, 2025, at approximately 9:05 a.m., Fremont Police Department Officers responded to the area of Fremont Boulevard and Decoto Road to investigate a major injury collision. Fremont PD received multiple reports of a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction before colliding with a parked and unoccupied semi-truck trailer. Fremont Police and Fremont Fire Department arrived a short time later and determined the driver was deceased from the collision.
The Fremont Police Department Traffic Investigations Unit assumed the collision investigation. Based on the preliminary investigation, the vehicle was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of Fremont Boulevard at a high rate of speed. The vehicle collided with a parked and detached semi-truck trailer on the east shoulder of northbound Fremont Boulevard. The driver suffered massive injuries from the collision and was declared deceased at the scene by emergency responders. No other people or vehicles were involved in this collision. The cause of the collision is still under investigation, and drug or alcohol impairment is unknown at this time.
The Alameda County Coroner's Office responded to recover the decedent. The deceased driver has not yet been identified.
This is Fremont’s fourth fatal traffic collision in 2025.
Anyone witnessing the collision or with information regarding this collision, please contact Fremont Police Traffic Unit by calling Fremont Police Department at (510) 790-6760. We also accept anonymous tips. Text 'Tip FremontPD' followed by your short message to 888-777 or via the web at https://www.fremontpolice.gov/Tip.
Incident: Fatal Traffic Collision
Date/Time: May 21, 2025, at approximately 9:05 a.m.
Location: Area of Fremont Boulevard and Decoto Road
Case #: 250521008
Media Contact: [email protected]; (510) 790-6802
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