RIP: Mike Zombeck
SAN RAMON
Driver arrested after friend dies in crash
- Nanette Asimov
Friday, April 21, 2006
A 21-year-old Castro Valley man died and his friend was injured on Interstate 680 when the car they were riding in crashed into a pickup truck carrying dozens of wooden sawhorses.
The driver of the Volkswagen Jetta, Rasheed Hadjihabib, 21, of Castro Valley, was not hurt, but he was booked into the Contra Costa County Jail on charges of manslaughter and driving under the influence, said California Highway Patrol Officer John Bautista.
Bautista said Hadjihabib was traveling south on I-680, just north of Alcosta Boulevard, when he rear-ended the pickup truck shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday. Both vehicles then tumbled down an embankment, he said.
Michael Zombeck, who was riding in the back seat, was killed, authorities said. The other backseat passenger, Justin Ramsey of Hayward, was hospitalized with broken ribs, Bautista said.
A third passenger in the Jetta and the driver of the pickup were not hurt.
The impact scattered about 50 sawhorses across the freeway. Crews had the road cleared just before 4 a.m.
THIS RAN IN EAST BAY AND NORTH BAY EDITIONS
Driver arrested after friend dies in crash
- Nanette Asimov
Friday, April 21, 2006
A 21-year-old Castro Valley man died and his friend was injured on Interstate 680 when the car they were riding in crashed into a pickup truck carrying dozens of wooden sawhorses.
The driver of the Volkswagen Jetta, Rasheed Hadjihabib, 21, of Castro Valley, was not hurt, but he was booked into the Contra Costa County Jail on charges of manslaughter and driving under the influence, said California Highway Patrol Officer John Bautista.
Bautista said Hadjihabib was traveling south on I-680, just north of Alcosta Boulevard, when he rear-ended the pickup truck shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday. Both vehicles then tumbled down an embankment, he said.
Michael Zombeck, who was riding in the back seat, was killed, authorities said. The other backseat passenger, Justin Ramsey of Hayward, was hospitalized with broken ribs, Bautista said.
A third passenger in the Jetta and the driver of the pickup were not hurt.
The impact scattered about 50 sawhorses across the freeway. Crews had the road cleared just before 4 a.m.
THIS RAN IN EAST BAY AND NORTH BAY EDITIONS