{"id":278320,"date":"2026-04-21T09:50:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/278320\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T09:50:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:50:29","slug":"person-critically-injured-in-sacramento-crash-requiring-extrication-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/278320\/","title":{"rendered":"Person critically injured in Sacramento crash requiring extrication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tue, April 21, 2026 at 5:06 AM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bfca779bb1e9978ed3b78a39c19a395c.jpeg\"\/><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776765028_942_dc41d009c71bac8727ded28dff8c0744.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(FOX40.COM) \u2014 One person was critically injured and three others suffered minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash Monday night that required crews to free occupants from the wreckage, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District responded to reports of a collision with extrication in the area of Fulton Avenue and Maison Way. When crews arrived, they found two vehicles involved with occupants trapped inside.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fox40.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/04\/image_04302d.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"&lt;em&gt;Image: Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District&lt;\/em&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776765028_942_dc41d009c71bac8727ded28dff8c0744.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image: Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District<\/p>\n<p>Metro Fire said firefighters began extrication efforts and were able to safely remove those involved, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Four patients were treated at the scene, SMFD said. One was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, while the remaining three were transported with minor injuries for further evaluation.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fox40.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/04\/image_891494.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"&lt;em&gt;Image: Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District&lt;\/em&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/370fba29814b8d07025b161706d1ee74.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image: Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District<\/p>\n<p>Fire officials said that the California Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities reminded drivers to slow down during rainy conditions and to always wear seatbelts.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fox40.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX40 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tue, April 21, 2026 at 5:06 AM UTC (FOX40.COM) \u2014 One person was critically injured and three others&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[120028,121,123,34181,122],"class_list":["post-278320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-extrication","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-metropolitan-fire-district","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278320","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=278320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}