Two Hayward women were killed when their car stalled and were struck by another vehicle on Interstate 880 late Thursday night, the California Highway Patrol said.

The collision was reported about 11:30 p.m. in the northbound lanes near Hesperian Boulevard and involved a Honda and Chevrolet, the CHP said. The Honda became disabled in one of the right lanes due to an unknown mechanical reason.

A CHP officer at a nearby traffic stop pulled in front of the stalled car to offer help. A passenger in the Honda, a 35-year-old Hayward woman, got out of her vehicle.

Moments later, a Chevrolet driven by a 58-year-old Alameda man was trying to exit the freeway on the Hesperian offramp but apparently did not see the Honda and ran into the stationary vehicle and the passenger standing outside, then clipped the CHP patrol car.

The passenger died at the scene. The driver of the stalled Honda, also a 35-year-old Hayward woman, was taken to the hospital but succumbed to her injuries. The officer and the Chevrolet driver were not injured.

The fatal collision remains under investigation, and drugs or alcohol have been ruled out as a factor in the crash.

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Cathedral City — A Tacoma, Wash., man died Thursday after his car was crushed in a five-vehicle collision that shut down a Cathedral City intersection for much of the day.

Paramedics rushed Neil McConaghy, 91, to a hospital after a Ford F550 smashed into his Chrysler PT Cruiser at 9:06 a.m. along Date Palm Drive at Ramon Road, investigators said.

He was pronounced dead at 10:24 a.m. at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, according to the Riverside County coroner.

Elsy Escobar watched as emergency crews removed McConaghy from his car.

He was bleeding and not moving.

The truck driver, whose name was not released, was critically injured and was also rushed to Desert Regional.

According to Escobar, the truck driver “panicked and was very scared” after getting out of his vehicle.

His F550 sideswiped a parked SunLine Transit Agency bus on northbound Date Palm, police said.

The truck then crashed into the PT Cruiser, which was stopped at the intersection, and pushed it into a Lexus SUV waiting in a westbound turn lane.

They all hit an eastbound Ford Mustang that was turning north from Ramon onto Date Palm.

“The big white truck basically ran over the top of that tiny blue car and mowed it through the intersection,” Robinson said.

A man in either the Mustang or Lexus was treated at Desert Regional after complaining of pain.

The police investigation closed the intersection until about 3 p.m.

Drugs or alcohol were said not to be factors.

The city installed cameras at the high-traffic intersection in 2006 following a number of crashes, officials said at the time.

Felix Izurieta, who owns Park View Optical, 68-955 Ramon Road, No. 6, said he’s seen several crashes in the area over the years.

He pulled into his driveway 45 minutes after Thursday’s collision.

The first thing he saw was the demolished PT Cruiser beneath the white truck with vehicles scattered across the intersection.

“It seemed like mayhem out there; just pure destruction,” Izurieta said.

Cause of the Cathedral City Crash

The official cause of the fatal accident has not been determined.  Cathedral City Police will rely heavily on traffic cameras to determine the crash’s cause.

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