Vacaville man killed after car veers off I-80, hits tree near Fairfield

A 23-year-old Vacaville man died early Sunday morning after his car veered off Interstate 80 and crashed into a tree near Fairfield, according to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP Golden Gate Communications Center received an automated iPhone crash notification at approximately 2:52 a.m. Sunday, reporting an incident on westbound I-80 near the Cordelia Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility scales. Solano Area CHP officers arrived at the scene at 3:01 a.m. and located a silver 2014 Hyundai Elantra that had struck a tree just west of the scales. The solo occupant was trapped in the driver s seat, unresponsive, not breathing and without a pulse. Officers performed CPR until the Fairfield Fire Department arrived and extricated the driver. He was transported to NorthBay Medical Center in Fairfield, where he was pronounced dead at 3:27 a.m. A preliminary investigation indicates the Hyundai was traveling westbound when the driver allowed the vehicle to veer off the right si