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Concord Man Killed In I-680 Crash, Pregnant Woman Survives

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A Concord man who was apparently not wearing his seatbelt was killed while a pregnant woman survived a two-car crash on Interstate Highway 680 in Pleasant Hill on Wednesday evening, a California Highway Patrol officer said today.

The man killed in the collision has been identified as 55-year-old Manuel Keith Quintero, a Contra Costa County coroner's deputy said.

A preliminary investigation shows that the crash occurred a short time before 7 p.m. as Quintero was driving an Oldsmobile Alero behind a young pregnant woman driving a Ford Escape SUV on the Monument Boulevard off-ramp from northbound Highway 680, CHP Officer John Fransen said.

Fransen said the SUV driver apparently stopped her car for traffic ahead of her and Quintero, unable to stop in time, collided with her car. The force of the crash sent Quintero's car through some bushes and into a pole and the SUV struck another pole, Fransen said.

When emergency responders arrived on scene, Quintero was outside of his car and unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The woman involved in the crash, who was wearing her seatbelt at the time, was taken to a hospital with minor to moderate injuries, Fransen said.

The officer said the preliminary investigation indicates that Quintero wasn't wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash.

The death came a little over 24 hours after another crash victim not wearing a seatbelt was killed on Interstate Highway 680 near Martinez, Fransen said.

There have been four traffic collision deaths involving drivers or passengers not wearing seatbelts in Contra Costa County in the past several months, the officer said.

"We're really encouraging people to please wear their seatbelts," he said. "We will continue to enforce seatbelt laws, especially during the maximum enforcement period around the Thanksgiving holiday."

Drugs and alcohol do not appear to have been a factor in the collision, which remains under investigation.
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