{"id":328122,"date":"2026-05-22T18:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/328122\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T18:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:09:09","slug":"fatal-pedestrian-crash-shuts-down-florin-road-in-sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/328122\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal pedestrian crash shuts down Florin Road in Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779473348_335_SAC pedestrian train fatality vehicle vs person chyron still frame.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"\" alt=\"Pedestrian fatality\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Officers are investigating a collision that killed a pedestrian early Friday in south Sacramento, according to the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>The fatal collision happened about 2:35 a.m. on eastbound Florin Road just west of Florin Perkins Road. CHP South Sacramento officials said a male pedestrian was in the eastbound lane when he was struck. It was not known whether he was trying to cross the roadway, CHP officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was unable to see the man before the collision, according to the CHP. The driver immediately pulled to the roadside after striking the pedestrian and called 911. Emergency responders pronounced the man dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The Sacramento County Coroner\u2019s Office will release the man\u2019s name after notifying next of kin.<\/p>\n<p>The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators. Alcohol and drugs were not believed to be factors in the collision, CHP officials said.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/218174875\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779473349_991_SAC_Smith_Darrell_Author_Mug (1).JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Darrell Smith\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/218174875\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darrell Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Darrell Smith is a local reporter for The Sacramento Bee. He joined The Bee in 2006 and previously worked at newspapers in Palm Springs, Colorado Springs and Marysville. Smith was born and raised at Beale Air Force Base and lives in Elk Grove.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officers are investigating a collision that killed a pedestrian early Friday in south Sacramento, according to the California&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-328122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328122","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=328122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}