Three people are dead in the wake of two different crashes that happened in Morgan Hill Sunday morning, police said.
In the first crash, according to a preliminary investigation, a driver smashed into trees and a fire hydrant in the center median at Third Street and Monterey Road around 3 a.m., police said.
The driver in the single-vehicle rollover collision was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.
A second, unrelated fatal collision took place on Monterey Road near Middle Avenue close to Calderon Tires around 8:44 a.m., police said.
According to a preliminary investigation, a vehicle traveling northbound on Monterey Road at an allegedly high rate of speed lost control and collided with a vehicle traveling southbound on Monterey Road, police said.
The drivers of both vehicles were pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.
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