A Sacramento County coroner has identified the two men who were killed in a collision involving a Sacramento police detective along southbound I-5 Tuesday morning.
SACRAMENTO - Two pedestrians are dead after they were hit by a Sacramento police detective driving on southbound I-5 Tuesday morning.
According to a CHP spokesperson, at around 6:16 a.m., CHP Dispatch received word of a crash involving a vehicle and at least one pedestrian along southbound Interstate 5 near the Sutterville Road onramp in Sacramento.They determined that a disabled Dodge pickup truck, which may have run out of gas, had stopped on the shoulder and that an SUV pulled over to assist the truck.
One man died at the scene and the other died on the way to the hospital. A Sacramento County coroner has since identified both men as 33-year-old Juan Carlos Rodriguez of Sacramento and 32-year-old Lionel Enriquez Rodriguez of Simi Valley. The driver of the Ford, who was later identified as a Sacramento Police Department detective, stayed on the scene. The detective was on duty at the time and was not injured. The CHP does not believe alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash. "The Sacramento Police Department can confirm that one of its detectives was involved in a vehicle collision resulting in two fatalities this morning on Interstate 5. We understand that there are many questions surrounding this incident.
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