Authorities said a spectator who fell to his death while watching a sideshow near Interstate 80 in the East Bay over the weekend was a teenager.
According to the Contra Costa Area office of the California Highway Patrol, officers were called to the area of Pomona and Merchant streets in Crockett shortly after 3:25 a.m. Saturday on reports of sideshow activity involving more than 100 vehicles. The location is just off Interstate 80 near the Carquinez Bridge.
Shortly after CHP officers and Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputies arrived, officers received reports of a spectator who climbed over the concrete safety barrier of the elevated portion of the Pomona Street on-ramp to westbound fell to the ground below…