{"id":363042,"date":"2026-06-16T18:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T18:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/363042\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T18:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T18:02:10","slug":"motorcyclist-killed-in-north-sacramento-i-80-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/363042\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist killed in North Sacramento I-80 crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781632928_747_SAC roadway fatality killed highway still chyron frame.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"\" alt=\"Roadway fatality\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday after colliding with two vehicles on eastbound Interstate 80 near Norwood Avenue in North Sacramento, the California Highway Patrol said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the CHP\u2019s North Sacramento office, the motorcyclist was splitting lanes shortly before 7:40 a.m. when the rider failed to see a stopped vehicle ahead. The motorcyclist collided with the vehicle and was thrown from the motorcycle. The rider was then struck by another vehicle, the CHP said.<\/p>\n<p>The rider was pronounced dead at the scene and was expected to be identified in the coming days by Sacramento County coroner\u2019s officials.<\/p>\n<p>The crash prompted the closure of three lanes as authorities investigated but lanes have since reopened.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the CHP\u2019s North Sacramento office said investigators do not believe alcohol or drugs played a role in the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published June 16, 2026 at 9:25 AM.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/315783948\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780945207_393_ReetiMalhotra.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Reeti Malhotra\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/315783948\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reeti Malhotra<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Reeti Malhotra is a 2026 summer reporting intern for The Sacramento Bee covering breaking news. She is a junior at Yale University, where she works as a city beat reporter and personal essay staff writer for the Yale Daily News.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday after colliding with two vehicles on eastbound Interstate 80 near Norwood Avenue in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-363042","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\/363042","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=363042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}