GRANITE BAY, Calif. — The California Highway Patrol has released more information about a Granite Bay crash that left a 15-year-old girl dead Sunday afternoon.
According to an accident report from CHP, it happened around 5:40 p.m. at Douglas Boulevard and Barton Road.
CHP says a 16-year-old boy was driving a Jeep Rubicon west on Douglas Boulevard when he came upon a red light at the intersection with Barton Road.
At the same time, a 17-year-old boy was driving a Cadillac Escalade south on Barton Road when he entered the same intersection on a green light.
The driver of the Rubicon didn’t stop at the red light and the Escalade hit it, causing the Rubicon to overturn and a 15-year-old girl in the backseat was partially ejected.
The 15-year-old girl, from Citrus Heights, died from her injuries at Sutter Roseville Medical Center. The 16-year-old driver and a 2nd passenger, a 16-year-old girl from Roseville, had minor injuries.
Matthew Zeux's family has worked at a fruit stand at the corner of that intersection for the last 20 years and he says he's not surprised to see another crash in this area.
"I think some people have some sort of confusion or people are not paying attention so easily and they're hitting each other in the back and stuff," he said.
The driver of the Escalade was uninjured.
CHP says the circumstances around the driver running the red light are still under investigation.
