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

The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office on Monday named the teen as Jose Cuevas of Harbor City, population 40,000 near Los Angeles, a six-hour drive from the East Bay town of Crockett, population 3,500, roughly five miles north of Richmond.

There were no other details provided.

Over the weekend, the California Highway Patrol said Jose 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.

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