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The 16-year-old boy who died on Saturday when he fell 75 feet down a highway overpass in Crockett watching a street takeover has been identified.

The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office on Monday named the teen as Jose Cuevas from the Harbor City neighborhood Los Angeles.

There were no other details provided.

Over the weekend, the California Highway Patrol said Cuevas climbed over a concrete barrier on Saturday about 3:30 a.m. near the Interstate 80 on-and off-ramps by the Carquinez Bridge and accidentally fell 75 feet to the ground below. He died at the scene.

Investigators were later seen examining the area beneath the overpass where the teen landed.

Authorities say the chaos spilled onto the freeway ramps, where the eastbound and westbound lanes are separated by a nar

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