Driver killed in Newark freeway crash is identified

NEWARK — A person killed Sunday when his car crashed on Highway 84 was identified by the coroner’s office Tuesday as a 29-year-old Hayward man.

The crash happened about 1:30 p.m. Sunday on westbound Highway 84 east of Ardenwood Boulevard. The man killed was identified Tuesday as Luis Ernesto Chavez II.

The California Highway Patrol said Chavez was driving a Honda sedan that went out of control and crashed into a center divider.

He died at the scene.

The cause of the crash is under investigation but the CHP said alcohol and drugs are not considered to be factors.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call the CHP Hayward office at 510-489-1500.