Choung-Dinh Nguyen Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash on I-580 in Livermore
Choung-Dinh Nguyen ID’d as Passenger Killed in Livermore Crash on Interstate 580 near North Flynn Road
Livermore, California (April 27, 2021) – The passenger who died following a Saturday morning traffic accident in Livermore has been identified as Choung-Dinh Nguyen, 46, of San Jose, according to the Alameda County Coroner’s Office.
The California Highway Patrol said the deadly single-car accident happened at around 8:35 a.m. Saturday, April 24, on Interstate 580, just west of Flynn Road North.
A 46-year-old San Jose woman was driving westbound on Interstate 580 when, for unknown reasons, she lost control of a 2005 Honda Odyssey minivan, which drifted off the roadway and traveled through a guardrail, the CHP said.
The minivan then rolled several times down an about 100-foot embankment.
Deadly Car Crash on I-580 in Livermore
Nguyen, who was likely not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the minivan as it was overturning. She was airlifted to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, where she was pronounced dead.
The driver, who was wearing a seatbelt, was trapped in the wreckage and had to be extricated by firefighters. She was taken to Eden in stable condition.
No other details were released.
The crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information regarding the collision is asked to call the CHP Dublin office at 925-828-0466.
