An I-5 Accident in Sacramento Causes Multiple Injuries and a Fatality
One driver died, and others suffered injuries on September 8 in Sacramento in a multiple-vehicle accident along Interstate 5. The nine-vehicle accident happened at the Pocket-Greenhaven area around 5:00 p.m. Officers with the South Sacramento office of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) reported that it appeared that a tractor-trailer, which was hauling plywood, plowed into the rear of a BMW and a Chrysler as well as a number of other vehicles. Officer Jim Young of the CHP said that the collision shut down the southbound lanes close to the exit for Florin Road.