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Victim in fatal Brentwood accident identified Driver arrested on suspicion of felony DUI by Tony Kukulich Staff Writer
Jan Kristian Gyllstrom, 46, from Concord, was arrested May 6, on suspicion of felony DUI following a head-on collision in Brentwood that claimed the life of a 51-year-old man from Ripon. The victim was identified as Jose Munos Padilla by the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff Coroner’s Division. According to a social media post by the California Highway Patrol (CHP), the accident occurred Monday, May 6, around 4:30 p.m. on Highway 4 east of Balfour Road. CHP officials stated Gyllstrom was headed west in a 2018 Honda SUV when he crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with Munos Padilla,
who was traveling east in a 2013 Toyota Corolla. There was a single occupant in each vehicle. “One person did not go to the hospital,” said East Contra Costa Fire Protection District Battalion (ECCFPD) Chief Craig Auzenne. “One person died at the scene.” An off-duty Antioch police officer happened upon the accident scene and, according to Auzenne, was in the Toyota doing CPR on Munos Padilla when ECCFPD Engine 59 arrived. After paramedics arrived, the driver was pronounced dead and extricated from the wreckage. Highway 4 was closed in both directions from Balfour Road to Marsh Creek Road for approximately two hours as fire and police operations were underway. Gyllstrom was not injured in the accident and was arreste d after an investigation for suspicion of DUI. He was later released on $150,000 bail. CHP is requesting that anyone who witnessed the accident, or the events leading up to it, contact Contra Costa CHP in Martinez at 925-646-4980.
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