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Authorities have identified the driver who died after losing control of her car on Interstate 680 south of Pleasanton and overturned multiple times down an embankment next to the freeway on Sunday morning.
The decedent was Larisa Elena Banoff, 24, of Antelope in Sacramento County, according to the Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau.
The crash occurred at approximately 10:40 a.m. Sunday when a black Mazda 3 traveling southbound on I-680 in the far-left lane lost control just south of the Happy Valley Road underpass in Pleasanton, according to California Patrol Officer Tyler Hahn.
The car drifted into the center divider on the left and then went across all lanes to the right before going off the freeway down a dirt embankment. The car overturned a few times before landing on its tires about 75 feet down the hill, Hahn said.
Cal Fire personnel pronounced the driver dead at the scene. She was the only occupant of the vehicle, Hahn said.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation. “Witnesses say the vehicle was not hit by another vehicle or cut off to make it go down the embankment,” Hahn said.
Anyone who may have information about the fatal crash can contact the CHP-Dublin office at 925-828-0466.
