Crash shuts down roadway in south Sacramento, driver critically injured
WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. AND WE BEGIN WITH THAT CRASH IN A SOUTH SACRAMENTO NEIGHBORHOOD. IT HAPPENED IN THE AREA OF FRUITRIDGE ROAD AND 57TH STREET. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DAMAGE THERE. THAT’S WHERE WE FIND KCRA 3’S. PEYTON HEADLEE. YEAH. AND THEY ARE WORKING ON GETTING THIS SCENE CLEARED RIGHT NOW. BUT FROM THE GROUND YOU GET A BETTER GLIMPSE OF THIS POLE THAT THIS CAR PLOWED THROUGH. YOU CAN SEE IT IS COMPLETELY BENT THERE JUST ABOUT NOT QUITE AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW JAGGED IT IS. AND THEN AS YOU TURN, YOU CAN SEE THE CAR THAT PLOWED INTO IT ON THE BACK OF THE TOW TRUCK. AND CREWS ARE WORKING TO GET THAT CLEARED. THAT SECTION OF FRUITRIDGE ROAD RIGHT THERE. IT IS CLOSED RIGHT NOW. SO THAT IS FROM 56 TO 50 EIGHTH STREET. WE’RE STANDING HERE ON 57TH STREET. I SPOKE WITH SOME NEIGHBORS WHO WERE HOME WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THEY SAID THEY HEARD A BIG CRASH WHEN THEY CAME OUTSIDE TO SEE WHAT IT WAS. THEY SAW THIS DRIVER AND THEY RAN OVER AND HELPED TO GET THAT INDIVIDUAL OUT OF THE CAR CALLED 911. AND THEY SAY THAT NEIGHBORS ALSO GAVE CPR TO THIS PERSON WHILE THEY WAITED FOR POLICE AND FIRE TO ARRIVE. SO A STORY OF NEIGHBORS REALLY JUMPING INTO ACTION TO HELP HERE. THEY WATCHED THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TO OF THIS CAR CRASH. THEY SAID THE CAR WAS COMING EASTBOUND ON FRUITRIDGE AND HIT NOT ONLY THAT POLE, BUT ALSO A STREET SIGN AS WELL. SO AGAIN, RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE SMUD CREWS ARE ARRIVING TO WORK ON THIS POWER POLE. OFFICERS WITH THE SACRAMENTO POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE CLEARING OUT. WE KNOW THAT DRIVER IS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION AT THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW. AND AGAIN, THIS CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 430 WHERE THIS DRIVER HIT A POLE. SO OF COURSE WE’RE WORKING TO GET MORE INFORMATION. ONCE WE HAVE IT, WE WILL BRING IT TO YOU. FOR NOW WE’RE LIV
Crash shuts down roadway in south Sacramento, driver critically injured
Updated: 7:05 PM PDT Oct 28, 2025
A crash left a driver critically injured and shut down a roadway in south Sacramento for several hours on Tuesday, according to the police department. Officers responded to the report of a crash in which a vehicle hit a pole around 4:30 p.m. near the intersection of Fruitridge and 57th Street. Footage from LiveCopter 3 showed a vehicle damaged and a street sign knocked over. Sacramento police said the driver of the vehicle involved was taken to an area hospital in critical but stable condition. Fruitridge Road was shut down as officers worked to clear the scene.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
A crash left a driver critically injured and shut down a roadway in south Sacramento for several hours on Tuesday, according to the police department.
Officers responded to the report of a crash in which a vehicle hit a pole around 4:30 p.m. near the intersection of Fruitridge and 57th Street.
Footage from LiveCopter 3 showed a vehicle damaged and a street sign knocked over.
Sacramento police said the driver of the vehicle involved was taken to an area hospital in critical but stable condition.
Fruitridge Road was shut down as officers worked to clear the scene.
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