A passenger died in a crash Wednesday after she was ejected from a vehicle that struck a parked car near an elementary school in Sacramento, authorities said.
The vehicle crash was reported about 1:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 5600 block of Valley Hi Drive near Prairie Elementary School in the Valley Hi/North Laguna neighborhood of Sacramento.
The female passenger was ejected from a vehicle that struck a parked car, according to the Sacramento Police Department. The injured passenger was taken to a hospital where she died from her injuries, police said.
The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office will release the name and age of the passenger who died in the crash after her family has been notified.
The department’s major collision investigators and crime scene investigators took over the fatal crash investigation to collect evidence and question those involved and any witnesses. There was no further information available as of late Wednesday afternoon.
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Rosalio Ahumada writes breaking news stories related to crime and public safety for The Sacramento Bee. He speaks Spanish fluently and has worked as a news reporter in the Central Valley since 2004.