BRENTWOOD, Calif. (KGO) -- The California Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal head-on crash that happened Sunday morning on a two-lane road in Eastern Contra Costa County.
The crash happened just before 9 am on Balfour Road near American Avenue, near Brentwood.
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The driver of a silver Nissan sedan slammed head-on into a white van traveling in the opposite direction.
Another driver in a Mini Cooper was also struck by the Nissan.
"The silver Nissan was heading eastbound behind me at a high rate of speed. Tried to pass me. Hit me. Swerved into the other lane and hit the Toyota van head-on," the driver of the Mini Cooper said.
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The CHP is investigating whether drugs or alcohol were factors in the crash.
The driver of the white van was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.