Coroner IDs Dublin man who died after truck crashed into Livermore pet store

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Extensive damage remains at the Pet Food Express on First Street in Livermore one day after a man died after crashing his pickup truck into the building. The victim was identified Tuesday as Thomas Dean Lovett III, 26, of Dublin. (Photo by Cierra Bailey)

Authorities have identified the man killed over the weekend when his pickup truck slammed into the Pet Food Express building on First Street in Livermore.

The driver was 26-year-old Thomas Dean Lovett III, of Dublin, according to the Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau.

The primary cause, as well as any associated factors, in Saturday’s fatal crash remain under investigation, according to city police.

“It will be some time before we are able to make those type of determinations. We are going to have to wait for the autopsy to come back along with the traffic investigator finish their investigation,” Livermore police Sgt. Steve Goard told the Weekly on Monday.

The initial investigation indicates the dark-colored pickup truck was traveling eastbound on East Stanley Boulevard at about 1 a.m. Saturday approaching the intersection where Stanley transitions into Railroad Avenue. But instead of continuing on the curving road, the truck drove off the street at the intersection, struck a streetlight and crashed into the Pet Food Express at 1436 First St., according to Goard.

The first officers on scene arrived to find a man — later identified as Lovett — dead in the driver’s seat of the pickup, Goard said. He was the only occupant of the vehicle.

Goard said any witnesses to the crash are encouraged to call Livermore police at 925-371-4857.