Update:
The San Benito County Sheriff's Office has identified the Atascadero man killed in Tuesday's head-on wreck on Highway 156.
The 56-year-old man killed in the accident was John Walter Thompson, said Lt. Roy Iler with the sheriff's office, which acts as the county coroner. Iler noted how the office had notified next of kin so it was OK to release the name.
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A head-on accident involving a big rig and pickup truck around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 156 between Flint and Bixby roads left one man dead and two needing medical attention.
A 56-year-old Atascadero man died when the maroon Toyota Tacoma pickup truck he was driving eastbound on Highway 156 collided with a big rig driving west toward the San Juan Bautista area, said Officer Jaime Rios, spokesman for the California Highway Patrol.
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