1 dead, 2 hurt after collision with light rail train in Rancho Cordova, officials say
One person died and two others were injured in a collision between a vehicle and a light rail train in Rancho Cordova on Thursday evening, officials said.
It happened at Folsom Boulevard and Mills Park Drive, which is just west of the Zinfandel Drive exit from Highway 50.
The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said there were three people transferred to an area hospital with critical injuries, with at least one of them having to be extricated due to their foot becoming trapped.
Shortly before 8:45 p.m., the Rancho Cordova Police Department said one of those people had died from their injuries. This person has not yet been identified.
Rancho Cordova police, which is leading the investigation, said the three people were occupants of the vehicle. Sacramento Regional Transit said no one on the train was hurt.
SacRT said in a statement to CBS News Sacramento that a vehicle went around activated crossing arms as a light rail train was passing through.
A bus bridge was also in place on the Gold Line between the Mather Field/Millis and Sunrise stations.
Rancho Cordova police said traffic collision investigators will work to determine exactly what happened.