MODESTO, Calif. — A woman was killed and a man was critically injured after crashing into an embankment in Modesto Saturday, according to the Modesto Police Department.
Officials were called to the intersection of Coffee Road and Scenic Drive just after 11 a.m. on multiple reports of a car driving over an embankment into Dry Creek.
A grey pickup truck was found in the embankment and was difficult to get to, according to officials.
A woman was in the passenger seat and was pronounced dead at the scene while the driver was "alert and conscious" but injured.
Modesto Fire’s Technical Rescue Team worked alongside police and fire crews to extricate the man from the truck, then took him to the hospital with major injuries, according to officials.
Drugs or alcohol do not appear to be a cause in the crash. The investigation is on going and no further information is available.
Anyone who may have witnessed the collision are encouraged to contact the MPD Traffic Safety Unit at 209-572-9592.
