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<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNO WORD YET ON WHAT CAUSED THIS FIRE. NEW THIS MORNING, SACRAMENTO METRO FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO A DEADLY CRASH OVERNIGHT. THIS HAPPENED ON SCOTT ROAD IN SLOUGHHOUSE, WHERE A CAR SLAMMED INTO A TREE AND THEN BURST INTO FLAMES. FIVE PEOPLE WERE INSIDE. TWO TEENAGERS WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THREE OTHERS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
2 dead, 3 teenagers injured after serious crash in Sacramento County, Metro Fire says<\/p>\n
The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Department said one vehicle was involved in the late-night crash that closed roads near Rancho Murieta.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 7:22 AM PDT May 17, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tTwo teenagers are dead and three more were seriously injured after a car crash in Sloughhouse. Roads in the area were closed for several hours, according to the California Highway Patrol. Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Department crews responded to the solo vehicle crash just after midnight on Sunday on Scott Road. The remote road runs west of Deer Creek Hills Nature Preserve. The vehicle struck a tree and caught fire, according to Metro Fire. Metro Fire said three teenagers were taken to local trauma centers with critical injuries. Two more patients, also believed to be in their teens, were pronounced deceased.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\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tSLOUGHHOUSE, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Two teenagers are dead and three more were seriously injured after a car crash in Sloughhouse. Roads in the area were closed for several hours, according to the California Highway Patrol. <\/p>\n Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Department crews responded to the solo vehicle crash just after midnight on Sunday on Scott Road. The remote road runs west of Deer Creek Hills Nature Preserve. The vehicle struck a tree and caught fire, according to Metro Fire. <\/p>\n Metro Fire said three teenagers were taken to local trauma centers with critical injuries. Two more patients, also believed to be in their teens, were pronounced deceased.<\/p>\n See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NO WORD YET ON WHAT CAUSED THIS FIRE. NEW THIS MORNING, SACRAMENTO METRO FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2820,23615,133587,91784,58708,14310,121,357,123,122,133585,133584,133586,669,776,22586,2734,13795],"class_list":["post-320080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-app","tag-download","tag-local-trauma-center","tag-metro-fire","tag-midnight","tag-road","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-county","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-scott-road","tag-serious-crash","tag-sloughhouse","tag-subscribe","tag-sunday","tag-teenager","tag-top-california-story","tag-tree"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320080","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=320080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}