{"id":201134,"date":"2026-03-02T21:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/201134\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T21:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:53:07","slug":"fatal-crash-on-hwy-99-in-south-sacramento-leaves-one-dead-alcohol-suspected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/201134\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal crash on Hwy 99 in South Sacramento leaves one dead, alcohol suspected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A passenger dies and a driver was hospitalized after a Hyundai crashed into a tree on Hwy 99 near Mingo Road.<\/p>\n<p>GALT, Calif. \u2014 A fatal traffic crash early Monday morning on Highway 99 in South Sacramento left one person dead and another hospitalized with serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP), the crash occurred around 3:59 a.m. near the Mingo Road off-ramp.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CHP said a red Hyundai Santa Fe veered off the northbound lanes, traveled across the dirt and grass median, crossed the Mingo Road on-ramp, and crashed into a tree.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency responders pulled the driver from the car and helped the passenger at the scene. Both were taken to Kaiser South Sacramento Medical Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The passenger was pronounced dead at the hospital around 4:20 a.m., while the driver sustained major injuries and remains in treatment.<\/p>\n<p>CHP officials indicated that alcohol is suspected to be a factor in the crash. Identification of the victims will follow notifications to their next of kin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The driver is expected to be arrested upon release from the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing, and CHP urges drivers to exercise caution, especially during early morning hours.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d0883a2e-4b7a-4a5d-9ba8-f8499ffb6dd5_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/d0883a2e-4b7a-4a5d-9ba8-f8499ffb6dd5_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Watch more on ABC10:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc10.com\/article\/news\/local\/storm-shuts-down-tuolumne-canal-water-conservation\/103-290ebe99-9bdb-4b0c-a7b7-9883897436b5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Storm shuts down Tuolumne canal, water conservation urged<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    ABC10: Watch, Download, Read<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A passenger dies and a driver was hospitalized after a Hyundai crashed into a tree on Hwy 99&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-201134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-sacramento","9":"tag-sacramento-headlines","10":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}