YANKEE HILL, CA : One dead in Concow Road crash on Thursday, 8th August 2019

A 19-year-old man died Wednesday when the vehicle he was driving collided with a tree at Concow Road, north of Jordan Hill Road.

According to a press release issued Thursday by CHP Oroville, two men were driving a rented 1999 Hino Bobtail truck northbound on Concow Road when, at an unknown speed, the vehicle crossed into the southbound lane and went off the edge of the roadway.

The truck went down an embankment and collided with a tree, causing the driver, who was identified as Joshua Watkins, 19, of Aptos, to be ejected from the vehicle. The driver was transported to Enloe Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

Anthony Ornelas-Silva, 21, of Watsonville, who was the passenger in the vehicle, sustained minor injuries.

The release said the incident is under investigation and officers are trying to determine whether drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash.

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