The county medical examiner’s office said the third man's identity will be released once his family is notified. It could be my son, it could be your son. Investigators said they do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the initial accident, or subsequent collisions.Īs the CHP works to unravel clues from debris, three families are preparing for funerals. Two of them are being treated at Stanford Medical Center.

Three other drivers, an 18-year-old, a 28-year-old, and a 38-year-old suffered serious injuries. SEE ALSO: CHP advises drivers and witnesses what to do following a highway crash That scene is being treated as a separate incident. They were knocked into the southbound lanes of the freeway. Investigators said two of the three men killed were knocked over the median and struck by oncoming traffic. In addition to Rasay, the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner said 24-year-old Paul Dennig of Mountain View, and Nicacio Negrete Gutierrez, a 53-year-old. So additional vehicles that were traveling northbound, unable to avoid a collision, crashed into several of these vehicles, causing at least three fatal injuries,' said CHP officer Ross Lee, with the San Jose office. 'Several of the drivers or passengers got out of their vehicles at the time. That set off a chain reaction involving five other vehicles. Investigators said the driver of a Ford pickup truck traveling northbound on Highway 101 crashed into the median near Fair Oaks Avenue. Twisted metal, broken glass and debris littered both directions of the highway after the crash, which occurred around 12:25 a.m. CHP said those that died had gotten out of their cars after crashing and were walking on the freeway. Three people died and five were injured early Monday after a series of crashes on Highway 101 in Sunnyvale that spanned both sides of the freeway. 3 dead, 5 injured in chain-reaction crash on Hwy 101 in Sunnyvale

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