A pedestrian fatality occurred in North Highlands on November 23 after a woman was struck near an intersection. The accident happened along Watt Avenue near Winona Way at about 5:41 p.m. Officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said a man in a van was heading north along Watt Avenue as a female pedestrian was crossing outside the crosswalk and struck her.
A female cyclist fatality was reported in North Highlands on October 30 after she was struck by a motor vehicle. The fatal bicycle accident happened along Roseville Road near Longview Drive around 12:30 p.m., according to a spokesperson for the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District. Sacramento police officers arrived at the scene to discover the woman had suffered major injuries.
A multiple-vehicle crash resulted in a fatality in North Highlands on March 3. The accident happened along Roseville Road near Andrea Boulevard. Although little information about the collision was available, officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said investigators think one vehicle was a wrong-way driver, which resulted in the death of one of those involved in the accident.
A fatal pedestrian accident in North Highlands was reported involving two women on October 29. The two women, who were sisters, were at an outdoor sports shop and killed when a driver lost control of their vehicle and crashed into them. The accident happened around 3:30 p.m. as the two Carmichael women, ages 60 and 56, were working at the pop-up store, which sold professional sporting gear.
A fatal motorcycle accident happened in North Highlands on July 14 after the rider was involved in a collision with a motor vehicle. The traffic accident report by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said that the crash happened around 5:00 p.m. at the intersection of Don Julio Boulevard and Bolivar Avenue. Emergency responders with the Sacramento Fire Department arrived and attempted to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, however, the rider died at the scene. The CHP is performing an investigation into the cause of the accident.
An accident fatality happened in North Highlands on February 18 following a single-vehicle crash. The man was in a Chevrolet Silverado pickup heading west on I-80 and entered the exit ramp for Longview at around 8:40 a.m. when his vehicle collided with a guardrail and signpost that was overhead, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The deceased man was identified by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office as Ellsworth Rudy, a resident of Rio Linda, age 82.
A traffic fatality happened in North Highlands on November 27 when an elderly man was struck and killed by a motor vehicle. The accident happened around 9:18 in the morning at Bainbridge Drive near Walerga Road as the Sacramento man, age 81, was walking his bike along the sidewalk on Bainbridge Drive. According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP) traffic report, another Sacramento resident, age 31, rode his vehicle up onto the sidewalk, striking the elderly man.
An intersection crash on Wednesday, October 28, in North Highlands resulted in a passenger’s death and seriously injured the driver of an Audi. Reports say that the Audi was being pursued by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) for a traffic infraction just prior to the intersection crash. Upon entering the intersection of Myrtle and Watt avenues at about 1:20 in the early morning hours, the Audi hit two vehicles.
A traffic fatality occurred in North Highlands on October 2 as the result of a head-on collision. The accident was reported by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) around 12:30 in the afternoon along Roseville Road, near Watt Avenue. The driver of a Ford Econoline van, age 56 and a Sacramento resident, was going south on the road when his vehicle suddenly swerved onto the shoulder on the right and passed back across and crashed into a Ford Escape traveling north.
A pedestrian was hit by a Union Pacific train at about 4:00 in the early morning hours in North Highlands on February 10, according to local authorities. The pedestrian was reported to be on the tracks when the accident happened. The train was heading west in the vicinity of the Roseville Road and Longview Drive intersection. Both the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office and emergency responders were called to the scene. Attempts were made to revive the pedestrian, but the man died at the accident site. Pending notification of family, an identification of the pedestrian will be issued by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office. An investigation was conducted into why the crash occurred; however, it was unknown why the pedestrian was on the tracks. This accident is the second train accident in less than a week involving Union Pacific around Sacramento.
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