Oakland man, 38, dies after vehicle hits tree

A man who died Thursday night in a car crash in Oakland has been identified by the Alameda County coroner’s bureau as 38-year-old Davis Maravilla of Oakland.

Police said the crash occurred in the 1100 block of Market Street around 10:35 p.m.

Maravilla’s wife wrote on a GoFundMe page she launched to raise money to cover funeral expenses that her husband was driving home when he lost control of his vehicle and hit a tree. She added that he was pronounced dead on the scene.

According to his wife, Davis was “a hard working man who was passionate about his career as an electrician” and has a 12-year-old daughter.

The page at https://www.gofundme.com/f/davis-maravilla had gathered more than $3,300 in donations as of Monday morning.