
Auto Accident Fatality Near Manteca
I’m Ed Smith, a Manteca personal injury lawyer. Officers from the California Highway Patrol responded to the scene of a single-vehicle accident along Airport Way in the vicinity of Division Road in Manteca on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. A driver of a 1998 Acura was traveling northbound along Airport Way at an unknown speed when the vehicle veered off the roadway and onto the gravel shoulder at about 5:35 am. The driver allegedly steered the car sharply to the left in an attempt to correct the error but lost control. The vehicle slid sideways across the road and came to a rest after colliding with a large tree. Paramedics were called out to the scene to transport the driver, a 36-year-old Modesto man, to the San Joaquin County General Hospital. Sadly, he passed away due to his serious injuries. His identity has not yet been released to the public.