A 42-year-old Antioch woman died and a man was arrested following a crash early Tuesday morning in the Oakland hills, police said.
Officers went at 12:44 a.m. to the 3800 block of Grizzly Peak Boulevard following the crash. A vehicle was traveling east on the road when it left the pavement and went down an embankment, according to police.
Officers located the driver, a 48-year-old Antioch man, and the 42-year-old woman. The woman was unresponsive, police said.
The man was taken to Highland Hospital in stable condition while the woman was pronounced dead, according to police.
The name of the woman was not yet available Tuesday from the Alameda County coroner’s bureau.
Police arrested the man on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter. Officers allege alcohol played a role in the crash.
The crash is under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the Police Department’s traffic investigation unit at (510) 777-8570.
