Crime & Safety

Woman Killed on Highway Four Identified

Crash victim was from Martinez.

By Bay City News Service

The Contra Costa County coroner's office has identified a Martinez woman killed in a crash on state Highway 4 near Walnut Creek on Saturday night.

The California Highway Patrol reported that 27-year-old Shanna Meyers was fatally injured when the car she was driving crashed into a brick sound barrier along Highway 4 near Interstate Highway 680 about 9:20 p.m.

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Meyers was taken to John Muir Medical Center in Concord, where she died about an hour later, CHP officer Scott Cakebread said.

The crash is under investigation.

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