SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An investigation is underway after a deadly crash along Interstate 80 near Madison Avenue in Sacramento.
The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said the incident was a multi-vehicle crash that required extrication. A spokesperson for fire district said three cars were involved in the collision.
Sgt. Aaron Smallenberger, CHP spokesperson, said two people have died. The death toll increased from an earlier reported figure from Sacramento Metro Fire that initially said one person was dead.
Sgt. Smallenberger said two people, a 63-year-old man and a 26-year-old man both from Sacramento, were hit on the side of I-80 by a green GMC pickup truck and that the driver of the pickup that hit them ran away in the direction of the Scandia Fun Center.
He said the two victims were on the shoulder of the roadway helping each other with gas when the GMC veered over and hit them. The GMC then ricocheted back into traffic, hitting a Honda Pilot that was heading west on I-80. CHP said the suspect driver took off after the pickup came to a stop on the roadway.
A search for the driver is still underway. A passenger in the GMC pickup had major life-threatening injuries, CHP said. The passenger was only described as a male.
The 26-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and the 63-year-old man was pronounced dead at nearby hospital around 6:40 p.m.
The suspect is described as a balding Hispanic man, who is roughly 40 to 50 years old and is heavy set with tattoos, jeans and no shirt.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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