- City
- East Palo Alto
- County
- San Mateo County
- State
- CA
- Location
- Bay Road at University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA
- Category
- Traffic Fatality
- Severity
- high
- Priority
- high
- Occurred On
- 2026-09-29 08:20:00-07:00
- Published On
- 2026-09-30 01:08:00-07:00
- Source Records
- 1
- Source
- 5 injured, 2 critically, in multi-vehicle crash in East Palo Alto
Summary
A minivan struck six other vehicles, including a transit van. The driver died at the scene, a passenger later died, and three other people suffered non-life-threatening injuries; the intersection was closed for several hours.
Verification
- Occurrence Confidence
- exact
- Publication Confidence
- exact
- Verification Status
- Validated — multi-source
- Source Role
- Local television and regional newspaper citing San Mateo County Sheriff