July 1, 2025
Oakland, CA — District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson announced today that the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has filed felony charges against Emmanuel Gonzalez Mendoza (34).
On Friday, June 27, 2025, at approximately 3:30 a.m., California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers from the Oakland Area Office responded to a report of a multi-vehicle traffic collision on Interstate 80 eastbound, near Buchanan Street in Alameda County. Upon arrival, officers discovered a three-vehicle crash, which tragically resulted in the death of one driver. Mr. Gonzalez Mendoza is alleged to be the driver of the vehicle that caused the crash. It is further alleged that at the time he was driving, Mr. Mendoza had an excessive amount of alcohol in his system and that he was driving under the influence of alcohol, causing the tragic death of the victim in this case.
Mr. Gonzalez Mendoza has been charged with the following felony offenses: gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
“Our hearts go out to the family and loved ones of the victim whose life was tragically cut short by this senseless act,” said District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson.
Emmanuel Gonzalez Mendoza will be arraigned July 1, 2025, in Department 112 of the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse in Oakland.
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