Traffic & Transit

Palo Alto Man In Fatal Highway 101 Crash Identified: Coroner

The crash that occurred at 2:47 a.m. Monday closed the Lawrence Expressway on-ramp.

Lanes on the southbound side of Highway 101 were clear.
Lanes on the southbound side of Highway 101 were clear. (Shutterstock)

SUNNYVALE, CA — A 45-year-old Palo Alto man died in a solo-vehicle crash on the southbound U.S. Highway 101 off-ramp at the Lawrence Expressway in Sunnyvale early Monday morning, according to the Santa Clara County Coroner's Office.

He has been identified as Donelle Robinson.

The California Highway Patrol said the crash was first reported at 2:47 a.m. Officers arrived to find one person who died at the scene. There were no immediate reports of other people injured.

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The Santa Clara County medical examiner's office was reported to be en route to the scene and the southbound off-ramp has been closed with no estimated time of reopening.

—Bay City News

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