OAKLAND, CA : Basketball standout, Bay Area native dies in Central Valley wreck on Tuesday, 23rd March 2021

A Bay Area-native who just made his first appearance at the NCAA basketball tournament was killed in a crash that claimed two other lives and injured two highway patrol officers on Tuesday in San Joaquin County.

Oscar Frayer was traveling in a vehicle with two other people along Interstate 5 near Peltier Road around 2:30 am. when their vehicle rear-ended a CHP cruiser that was assisting a disabled tractor-trailer.

"Officers were responding to that broken-down big rig. They were stopped on the shoulder with their emergency lights on," said CHP Officer Ruben Jones.

It’s unclear what caused the vehicle Frayer was traveling in to lose control. Authorities said the vehicle then hit the police car and trapped two officers in their cruiser.

"That vehicle became engulfed in flames and sadly three occupants in that vehicle were pronounced deceased," said Jones, referring to the vehicle Frayer was inside.



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