Richmond-San Rafael Bridge — Reported Site of Fatal Wrong-Way Crash
A Pinole man charged with murder in a fiery wrong-way crash on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge last year pleaded not guilty last month, and his attorney is now pushing back hard on the charge itself, calling it “rather draconian.” Pedro Abril-Garcia, whom the seed report lists as 41 years old, is accused of driving drunk when his Range Rover slammed head-on into a Honda Civic, killing its driver.
Contra Costa prosecutors allege Abril-Garcia was intoxicated when he caused the wrong-way crash, according to the seed report from The Mercury News. Police said that at about 1:40 a.m. on August 12, 2025, Abril-Garcia entered the bridge traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes before his Range Rover struck the Civic. A separate account from that night, reported by The Mercury News at the time, described the fiery head-on wreck happening around 1:40 a.m. on Interstate 580 just east of the bridge, with the California Highway Patrol saying the Range Rover was driving westbound in the eastbound far left lane…