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  • Police: rollover collision on Auburn Blvd still under investigation

    Rollover collision, Auburn Blvd, walmart
    A car landed upside down and facing the wrong direction of traffic, after a non-injury collision Monday. // CH Sentinel

    Citrus Heights police said they are still investigating a collision involving two vehicles on Auburn Boulevard that resulted in one car rolling upside down during rush hour traffic Monday afternoon.

    The collision occurred around 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 15, with police and fire department vehicles temporarily blocking a single lane of traffic in each direction of Auburn Boulevard near Walmart.

    “None of the involved parties were injured, including the driver of the car which rolled over,” Sgt. Jason Baldwin told The Sentinel in an email statement Wednesday afternoon. He said the collision is still under investigation, and released limited details.

    The email statement did not include an explanation of how the four-door Hyundai sedan landed upside down facing the opposite direction of traffic, but Baldwin said alcohol has been ruled out as a factor in the collision and the possible involvement of speed “has not yet been determined.”

    Involvement of the second vehicle was also not described, but an officer was observed taking information from a man standing next to a red SUV on the side of the road near the scene, Monday.

    Another rollover collision occurred on Thursday this week around 1:30 p.m. on Sunrise Boulevard near Greenback lane, involving a Toyota Tundra rolling on its side. Police said no one was injured in that collision as well, and described damage to the vehicle as “very little.”

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    Sgt. Baldwin said “CHPD would like to remind drivers and occupants in vehicles to always wear seatbelts, always drive with caution and to never drink and drive.”

    *Story to be updated with additional details, if released by police.

  • Head-on collision behind Citrus Heights Raley’s ends in arrest

    Head-on collision behind Citrus Heights Raley’s ends in arrest

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    A head-on collision behind Raley’s Tuesday night sent one man to jail and several people to the hospital, according to Citrus Heights police.

    Updated Aug. 19, 3:12 p.m.–
    A head-on vehicle collision on a residential side street behind Raley’s Tuesday night sent several people to the hospital and one man to jail on felony DUI and reckless driving charges, according to a Citrus Heights police sergeant on scene.

    Sgt. Eric Dias said witness reports indicate the truck was driving recklessly and at “heavy speeds” while traveling south on Zenith Drive around 8:15 p.m., with the vehicle crashing head-on into a Chrysler PT Cruiser after trying to pass another car in the opposite lane of traffic.

    Both vehicles sustained significant damage and Dias said the two occupants of the PT Cruiser were transported to a local hospital with unknown — but likely non-life-threatening — injuries. He said the driver of the truck refused medical treatment, but was later sent to the hospital prior to being booked in jail. The 36-year-old driver faces charges of felony reckless driving and “felony DUI causing injury,” the sergeant said.

    [Related: See additional photo from the accident scene]

    Nearby resident Denee Cagle said she was out walking on Zenith Drive with her husband and 9-month-old daughter when she witnessed the collision after almost being hit by the truck. She said the Dodge Dakota pickup had begun speeding and swerving just prior to colliding head-on right in front of her. The truck flipped on its side, ending up in front of a home on Zenith Drive near Brimstone Drive after knocking down a mailbox and spraying debris in the driveway.

    [Also on The Sentinel: Pedestrian killed in Sunrise Blvd vehicle collision Sunday]

    Cagle said she could have been walking right where the truck landed, had she not stopped to talk with a neighbor. She said the neighborhood has a history of drivers speeding “up and down the street” and advised others to stay alert while walking, “because you never know what’s coming up behind you.”

    Crews responding to the scene had the debris cleaned up and vehicles towed off by about 9:30 p.m.
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