UPDATE: Salinas man killed in Reservation Road crash
Joe Szydlowski Eduardo Cuevas Kate Cimini
A 39-year-old Salinas man died in a two-vehicle crash west of Salinas late Tuesday afternoon.
California Highway Patrol officers received reports of a crash on Reservation Road east of Blanco Road at about 3:50 p.m., according to a Thursday news release.
The Monterey County Sheriff's Office identified the man who died as Tyrone Burton.
Burton had been driving eastbound in a 2005 Pontiac Grand-Am in the left lane when he slowed to turn near Intergarrison Road, officers said.
But behind Burton, a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado driven by 25-year-old Salinas resident Morgan Taylor Boutonnet rear-ended the Pontiac.
The cause of the collision is still under investigation by CHP.
Still, the force of the crash pushed the Pontiac into oncoming lanes and turned it around.
CHP incident logs said bystanders tried to get a person out of the Pontiac. Initial reports were unclear if they were successful, though.
Burton was pronounced dead on scene while Boutonnet was taken to Natividad for her injuries.
At the time there were no signs of distracted driving, drugs or alcohol contributing to the wreck, though it is still early in the investigation, officers on scene said.
CHP had closed Reservation Road between Intergarrison and Blanco for a few hours.
This story was updated to include the name of the drivers.
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