Deadly crash along I-5 in Sacramento blocks lanes, stalls traffic

Deadly crash along I-5 in Sacramento blocks lanes, stalls traffic

Updated: 8:01 AM PST Dec 6, 2022

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DIERDRE: BREAKING NEWS OUT OF SACRAMENTO, A TRAFFIC INCIDENT ON I-5 SOUTHBOUND HAS CREATED DELAYS NEAR SUTTEVILLE ROAD. MIKE TESELLE IS LIVE WITH THE UPDATE. MIKE: WE ARE STANDING ON THE ON TO I-5 SOUTHBOUND AT SUTTEVILLE ROAD. IF YOU LOOK DOWN, YOU WILL SEE THE FLASHING LIGHTS TO THE LEFT, A WHITE PICKUP TRUCK, NEXT TO THE TOW TRUCK. THAT IS THE FIRST VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT OUT HERE. WHAT WE UNDERSTAND BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS THAT A PEDESTRIAN WAS HIT, INVOLVED WITHOUT LIGHT — WHITE VEHICLE BY ANOTHER CAR AND THERE’S A SECOND PERSON, A PASSENGER IN THE CAR THAT WAS ALSO HIT. WE CAN CONFIRM AT LEAST ONE FATALITY HERE. IT DOES APPEAR THERE MAY BE TWO VICTIMS AND THAT IS WHY THE RESPONSE YOU SEE AND THE REASON THAT LANES ARE BLOCKED NOW FOR PART OF THIS INVESTIGATION. FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, THERE IS ANOTHER CAR PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. BELIEVE THAT MAY BE THE INITIAL CAR THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN COLLIDING WITH THE PEDESTRIAN IN ALL THIS BEING PIECE TOGETHER RIGHT NOW. I DID DRIVE I-5 SOUTH TO GIVE YOU A DRIVER’S PERSPECTIVE OF DRIVING THROUGH HERE. DO WE HAVE A VIDEO IT CAN WE RELATE? IF NOT, AGAIN, IF WE ARE DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON I-5, JUST BE ADVISED, AND AS YOU ARE APPROACHING THE SUTTEVILLE OVER CROSSING, THIS IS WHERE THINGS MERGE DOWN. AS TWO LANES ARE BLOCKED FOR THIS INVESTIGATION. CAUSING A SLOWDOWN COMING OUT OF DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. WE WILL CONTINUE TO FOLD THE INVESTIGATION AND GIVE YOU THE LATEST DETAILS ON THAT

Deadly crash along I-5 in Sacramento blocks lanes, stalls traffic

Updated: 8:01 AM PST Dec 6, 2022

Lanes are blocked on southbound Interstate 5 near Sutterville Road on Tuesday morning after a crash in Sacramento, according to Caltrans.At least one person was killed in the crash, but another person may have also been struck by a vehicle, KCRA 3 crews on scene said. The roadway is closed as the investigation continues. This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.REAL-TIME TRAFFIC MAP(App users, click here to see our interactive traffic map.)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

Lanes are blocked on southbound Interstate 5 near Sutterville Road on Tuesday morning after a crash in Sacramento, according to Caltrans.

At least one person was killed in the crash, but another person may have also been struck by a vehicle, KCRA 3 crews on scene said.

The roadway is closed as the investigation continues.

This is a developing story.

Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.

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