It happened around 4 a.m. on eastbound Highway 24 just west of Pleasant Hill Road in Lafayette.
It took firefighters 45 minutes to remove the driver.
"It was going at a high rate of speed, according to one witness. And where they ended up resting on the freeway, it was against a large tree. So again heavy damage to the car that proved to be a difficult extrication," said Batt. Chief Ross Macumber.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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