Three people identified in deadly Highway 9 crash outside Saratoga

Three people were killed in a June 22 crash off Highway 9 near Saratoga, identified as 17-year-old Ranvir Randhawa of San Jose, 21-year-old Manjot Dhaliwal of Yuba City, and 27-year-old Ajesh Saini of Salem, Ore. The 2024 BMW M3 sedan they were in went off the highway and crashed down an embankment; authorities suspect the driver lost control, and the cause remains under investigation.

Getting your Trinity Audio //trinityaudio.ai player ready...A 17-year-old boy from San Jose and two adults were identified Tuesday as the three people killed in a crash https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/06/23/three-killed-in-highway-9-crash-outside-saratoga/ in late June off Highway 9 near Saratoga. Ranvir Randhawa, 17, died in the June 22 crash, alongside Manjot Dhaliwal, 21, and Ajesh Saini, 27, according to the Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner. Dhaliwal hailed from Yuba City, while Saini was from Salem, Ore., the agency said. All three of them were in a 2024 BMW M3 sedan around 9:30 that evening when it went off Highway 9 east of Redwood Gulch Road and crashed down an embankment, according to the California Highway Patrol. Authorities suspect the sedan’s driver lost control of the car at some point, but a more precise cause for the crash remains under investigation. The wreck shut down the highway for about three hours while investigators examined the scene. Jakob Rodgers is a senior breaking news reporter. Call, text or send him an encrypted message via Signal at 510-390-2351, or email him at jrodgers@bayareanewsgroup.com.