Police rely on dental records, DNA
Gilroy – The Santa Clara County Coroner has announced the identities of four victims of a fiery car accident on Highway 156 last week.
The passengers were Pittsford, N.Y. residents Susan Chang, 45; Christina Wang, 14; and Diana Wang, 11, according to the coroner. Eric Hsu, 44, of Milpitas, was driving the 1999 Toyota 4-Runner that was struck head-on by a delivery truck while traveling eastbound at about 9:20am between the Don Pacheco Y and Dunn Lane. Police relied on dental records and DNA to identify the badly burned bodies found at the scene.
The driver of the delivery truck, Christopher Yu, 24, of West Covina, was driving westbound when he veered into the opposing lane, hit a Freightliner big rig before colliding head-on with the SUV. Yu, suffered cuts to his face and was released from San Jose Regional Medical Center last week Tuesday. He was flown by Stanford Life Flight following the accident that occurred at around 9:20am.
While police are still investigating the accident, which closed both lanes of Highway 152 for more than eight hours last week, Armstrong said that the delivery truck was heading westbound on Highway 152 between Dunn Lane and the Don Pacheco Y in southeastern Santa Clara County when for an unknown reason Yu veered into the eastbound lane.
Yu collided with the left side of a Freightliner big rig without a trailer driven by Raul Olmos. While Olmos escaped any physical injury his truck sustained moderate damage.
The CHP is still trying to determine why Yu swerved into the opposing lane, Armstrong said.
Neither alcohol nor drugs are suspected of contributing to the crash, he said.
