The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the identities of two Hollister men killed in a traffic collision Tuesday on Frazier Lake Road.
The victims were Pedro Griego Jr., 37, and Rolando Barrientos, 53.
The head-on collision happened at 8:05 a.m. Tuesday, June 2, on Frazier Lake Road south of Bloomfield Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The CHP reported the men died at the scene. Barrientos was in a 2015 Nissan Altima and the Griego was in a 2005 Nissan Frontier.
According to the CHP:
Barrientos was traveling southbound on Frazer Lake Road south of Bloomfield Avenue at 50-55 MPH approaching the Frontier traveling northbound on Frazer Lake Road south of Bloomfield Avenue at 50-55 MPH approaching.
For an unknown reason, his vehicle drifted off the right shoulder of southbound Frazer Lake Road and struck a metal guardrail. After striking the guardrail, the vehicle then veered into the northbound lane of Frazer Lake Road colliding with the front of the Frontier. As a result of the collision.
Alcohol and/or drugs may have played a factor in this collision. The collision is still under investigation. Citizens having information regarding this collision are encouraged to call Officer M. Figone at (408) 848-2324.