SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Officials identified the Sacramento police detective who hit and killed two men on I-5 as Sacramento police detective Jonathan Thomas Nangle, Thursday.
The accident happened around 6:15 a.m. on southbound I-5 at the Sutterville Road on-ramp, according to officials.
CHP says a white Dodge pickup truck became disabled and pulled over on the right-hand shoulder. Then, another person arrived at the scene and parked a maroon Toyota SUV on the left shoulder of the on-ramp.
Both drivers were standing on the left side of the pickup truck when — for an unknown reason — an on-duty Sacramento Police Department detective driving an unmarked Ford Fusion on southbound I-5 rear-ended the truck, which hit both drivers.
Upon arrival, CHP South Sacramento units were told one of the pedestrians died. The second was pronounced dead while being taken to the hospital.
They were identified by the coroner's office as 33-year-old Juan Carlos Rodriguez and 32-year-old Lionel Rodriguez.
2021 lawsuit against Nangle
Nangle was listed as one of the defendants in a 2021 complaint alleging he was the cause of injury and damage to property in a car crash.
The civil complaint, filed in Sacramento Superior Court by Emily Keophommacha in July 2021, sued the city of Sacramento, the Sacramento Police Department and Nangle. It alleges a car crash occurred at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 47th Avenue, April 8, 2021.
The complaint continues, saying Keophommachak suffered property damage to a motor vehicle, personal injury, hospital/medical expenses and the loss of property.
The complaint also states Nangle was in a Sacramento owned vehicle at the time of the crash, but does not state if Nangle was on or off duty at that time.
The complaint was dismissed in September this year, never going to court after a settlement meeting was held.
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