Infant regains pulse after rollover freeway crash in Sacramento's Natomas area

Four people, including an infant, were involved in a rollover crash along a freeway in Sacramento's South Natomas late Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

Sacramento Fire had crews respond to the crash and said it happened shortly after 3:45 p.m. along northbound Interstate 5 at the West El Camino Avenue exit.

Around 4:15 p.m., fire officials said first responders were performing CPR on the infant, while the other three people in the vehicle suffered minor injuries.

While the infant was being taken to an area hospital, officials said the child's pulse returned and they began breathing on their own. Wednesday afternoon, the California Highway Patrol's North Sacramento office said the baby was still in critical condition with major head trauma.

Inside the vehicle was a family of four: a mother, a father, another child, and the infant, who the CHP says is 10 months old. Investigators said no one inside the vehicle was wearing a seatbelt, noting that the baby was in a car seat but was only half-restrained.

CHP investigators said the crash was possibly the result of a non-contact hit-and-run and that the victim's vehicle rolled over twice in between the West El Camino Avenue exit ramp and the northbound lanes of I-5.

The crash was impacting traffic along northbound I-5 heading into Natomas from Downtown Sacramento.