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At least 1 dead after vehicle goes off an over cross onto freeway in Galt

At least 1 dead after vehicle goes off an over cross onto freeway in Galt
BREAKING NEWS IS OUT OF GALT THIS EVENING. CREWS ARE ON THE SCENE OF A DEADLY CRASH. CHP SAYS THIS HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY 99 NEAR C STREET. KCRA THREE’S DENEEKA HILL JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING ON. DANICA. YEAH, ASHLEY, I CAN TELL YOU WITHIN THE LAST 15 MINUTES THEY WERE ABLE TO TOW AWAY THE SEMI THAT WAS INOLVED IN THIS. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE TRAILER FLIPPED OVER AND HAUL THAT AWAY. THEY’RE NOW WORKING TO FLIP OVER THE CABIN. BUT WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A LOOK AT WHAT THE SCENE LOOKED LIKE WHEN WE FIRST GOT OUT HERE TODAY. THEY GOT POLICE SAY THEY GOT THE CALL AROUND 520 ABOUT THE CRASH ON THE FREEWAY. THEY SAY THIS ONLY INVOLVED TWO VEHICLES. AND ACCORDING TO THE CHP, THOSE TWO VEHICLES WERE THE SEMI AND THE SEDAN POLICE OR PEOPLE OUT HERE ON THE SCENE TOLD ME THEY DID SEE THE DRIVER OF THAT SEMI WALK AWAY. HE STAYED ON THE SCENE, BUT HE WAS WALKING HERE AFTER THAT ACCIDENT. AND IN THE VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW SMASHED OF THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS. AND HERE’S WHAT GALT POLICE SAY HAPPENED OUT HERE ON THE SCENE. THE INVOLVED CAR ACTUALLY CAME OFF OF ONE OF THE CITY SURFACE STREETS AND WENT ONTO THE FREEWAY AND INTO THE PATH OF THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC. AND SO, AGAIN, IT WAS JUST THAT ONE CAR AND THE SEMI TRUCK THAT WERE INVOLVED IN IT. AND SO THAT CAR IS ALREADY BEING TOWED AWAY. AND AGAIN, THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TOW AWAY THE SEMI-TRAILER IN THIS. THEY HAD TO BRING OUT A JACK LIVE TO REMOVE THE BOXES INSIDE OF THAT TRAILER. AND NOW, AGAIN, THEY ARE STILL WORKING TO FLIP OVER THE CABIN UNTIL THEY CAN CLEAR THIS OUT. WE KNOW THAT CHP, AS WELL AS CALTRANS, HAS BEEN WORKING TO CLEAR THIS OUT. ONE LANE IS OPEN RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN IMAGINE THAT THEY WILL HAVE BOTH OF THOSE LANES OPEN HERE IN JUST A MINUTE AS THEY WORK TO FLIP OVER THE CABIN. WE’LL BRING YOU ANY DETAILS IF WE GET ANY MORE. BUT AGAIN, ONE LANE IS OPEN. THE SECOND LANE IS STILL WORKING TO B
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At least 1 dead after vehicle goes off an over cross onto freeway in Galt
A person was killed after a semi-truck and a sedan collided on Highway 99 in Gal Saturday, according to Sacramento fire officials. The California Highway Patrol's South Sacramento Division said that the crash happened on C Street when the sedan drove over an over cross onto the freeway and the semi-truck was unable to stop before hitting the sedan.According to Galt Police, the driver of the Sedan was the person who was killed. CHP worked to divert southbound traffic to the Central Galt exit. Drivers in the area would need to travel through the city on Frontage Road and get back on the highway at Fairway, CHP said. CHP confirmed as of 9 p.m., the number one lane was open to traffic.REAL-TIME TRAFFIC MAP(App users, click here to see our interactive traffic map.)

A person was killed after a semi-truck and a sedan collided on Highway 99 in Gal Saturday, according to Sacramento fire officials.

The California Highway Patrol's South Sacramento Division said that the crash happened on C Street when the sedan drove over an over cross onto the freeway and the semi-truck was unable to stop before hitting the sedan.

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According to Galt Police, the driver of the Sedan was the person who was killed.

CHP worked to divert southbound traffic to the Central Galt exit.

Drivers in the area would need to travel through the city on Frontage Road and get back on the highway at Fairway, CHP said.

CHP confirmed as of 9 p.m., the number one lane was open to traffic.

REAL-TIME TRAFFIC MAP

(App users, click here to see our interactive traffic map.)