For the second time in less than a year, an out-of-control vehicle crashed into a house on Coloma Road in Rancho Cordova. The recent crash occurred on the corner of the Coloma Road and Georgetown Drive intersection. A vehicle flipped over and landed in the front yard. Fortunately, this time, no one was injured by the out-of-control vehicle.
A fender bender in Rancho Cordova on May 18 ended up leaving 10,000 customers without power in a hit and run collision. The accident happened at about 6:00 in the morning along eastbound Folsom Boulevard near Butterfield Way during periods of heavy rain, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP). Police believe the motorist was attempting to flee the scene of the fender bender when the blue Nissan Versa hydroplaned. The driver was transported by emergency responders to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Downtown Sacramento may be getting all the press for its newly approved I Street bridge, but the city of Rancho Cordova is also on its way to enjoying a brand new pedestrian and bicycle bridge that will over cross Highway 50 and unite the two halves of the city, which are bisected by the highway. The contract between Rancho Cordova City Council and architectural firm Dewberry Drake Haglan was approved on February 18, 2020. The contract cost is $3.8 million, and the design of the project will likely take more than a year due to the very detailed structural engineering required.
A January 17 collision in Rancho Cordova caused a major injury to one person. The accident was reported as occurring at about 6:20 in the evening at Folsom Boulevard and Hazel Avenue by the California Highway Patrol (CHP). Officers with the CHP say that it appears as if one of the motorists ran a red light, which led to the collision. Eastbound traffic was shut down along Folsom Boulevard from Rudy’s Hideaway while the accident was cleared.
A serious pedestrian injury occurred in Rancho Cordova along westbound U.S. Route 50 on the evening of December 11 after a two-vehicle crash. According to reports, the vehicles stopped at Sunrise Boulevard were in the one and two lanes on the left side, when a woman exited one of the cars. After getting out of her vehicle, she was struck by a third car passing on the highway, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP). She was taken to UC Davis Medical Center with what were described as major injuries. Another person involved in the accident was said to have suffered minor injuries.
A traffic collision in Rancho Cordova on May 15 at approximately 8:00 p.m. left four people injured. The accident happened at the intersection of Coloma Road and Benita Drive not far from Pizza Hut. According to a representative of the Sacramento Sheriff’s Office, the collision involved three vehicles. The injured were transported to a local hospital for treatment of what are thought to be non-life-threatening injuries. Authorities believe that drugs or alcohol was a causative factor in the crash. All lanes were closed due to the traffic collision for about two hours before reopening.
A Rancho Cordova car crash on Valentine’s Day caused an injury to at least one person and an ambulance was summoned to transport the individual to a hospital. The accident occurred along U.S. Route 50, east of the on-ramp for Mather Field Road shortly after 9:00 in the evening. According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), the car accident was caused when two vehicles collided for reasons that were unknown. All the lanes were blocked along U.S. 50 where the crash occurred, while emergency personnel attended to the injured. The road remained closed to traffic until shortly after 10:00 p.m.
A Rancho Cordova rollover accident happened on February 8 along U.S. 50 westbound at the Hazel Avenue off-ramp. The single-vehicle crash involved a tan colored truck shortly before 4:00 in the afternoon. According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), the vehicle overturned upside down partially in the slow lane of the off-ramp, which required it to be shut down. An ambulance was called to transport someone inside the vehicle to a local hospital. The CHP has not released any information on the cause of the rollover accident, nor the condition of the injured individual.
A roadway departure accident in Rancho Cordova resulted in the injury of at least one person on January 14, 2019. The accident occurred at about 4:30 in the afternoon along Grant Line Road just north of Raymer Way between the drivers of a Nissan Sentra and Honda Civic. Both of the vehicles were reported as having gone off the side of the road. According to the report by the California Highway Patrol (CHP), one of the cars had crossed over the centerline and struck the other vehicle in the southbound lane. Sacramento Fire Department personnel arrived at the scene, and an ambulance was summoned. No information was released on the identity or condition of the injured person. The accident will be investigated by the CHP to determine the cause.
Rancho Cordova Major Accident. A Rancho Cordova major accident occurred on November 1 in the early morning along Zinfandel Drive when two vehicles collided. The number of persons who suffered major injuries was not reported. However, a unit with the Rancho Cordova police was holding back traffic while an emergency medical helicopter landed on the road to rush the injured persons to a nearby hospital. At this time, no information has been released on the identity of the person or persons who were taken to a hospital or the extent of their injuries.
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