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Driver Crashes Into Tree In Stockton, Dies

STOCKTON (CBS13) – Streets are still closed in Stockton after a driver crashed into a tree and died early Monday morning.

A stretch of North Pershing Avenue is closed in both directions, from Alpine Avenue to Brookside Road.

Police say officers responded to the scene just after 2:30 a.m. and found a car had crashed into a tree. Medics responded, but the driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene.

A driver was arrested for driving through the police barricade, but police say that driver no involvement in the initial accident.

The identity of the driver killed has not been released.

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