Driver and dog die, passenger injured after car crashes off Highway 50 into Rancho Cordova
RANCHO CORDOVA – A driver and a dog have died and another man is in critical condition after a car crashed off Highway 50 on Monday morning in Rancho Cordova.
The CHP says drugs and/or alcohol appear to be a factor in the crash.
Metro Fire of Sacramento says that just before 7 a.m., a car crashed off the freeway. It then struck several trees before it finally stopped up against a vacant building along the 10900 block of Sun Center Drive.
Investigators say the vehicle was traveling recklessly at a high rate of speed at the time of the crash.
First responders took two people, who were both in the car at the time, to the hospital. The driver, a 39-year-old Roseville man, later died. A 47-year-old Oxnard man is still at the hospital with major injuries.
The dog was also found dead by medics, Metro Fire says.
