{"id":406174,"date":"2026-07-21T04:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/406174\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T04:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:57:15","slug":"no-charges-will-be-filed-in-deadly-crash-at-folsom-sacrt-station-da-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/406174\/","title":{"rendered":"No charges will be filed in deadly crash at Folsom SacRT station, DA says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No charges will be filed in deadly crash at Folsom light rail train station, DA says<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/da4d9bc5-110d-452a-b239-b1ee55e76049_1577754643.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Jonathan Ayestas\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>FOLSOM, Calif. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Roughly half a year after a woman was fatally struck at a light rail train station in Folsom, the Sacramento County District Attorney&#8217;s Office on Monday confirmed that no criminal charges will be filed for the crash.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">| PREVIOUS COVERAGE ABOVE | Loved ones identify woman killed in Folsom light rail station crash<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Elinor Steffy, 22, was at the Iron Point Sacramento Regional Transit station just before 3 p.m. on Jan. 22 when a sedan hit a ramp and overturned onto the tracks. This crash left Steffy dead.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Footage from the crash showed a sedan sitting on the tracks at an angle, and LiveCopter 3 video showed damage in the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">The Folsom Police Department in January said alcohol was not suspected to have been a factor, and the district attorney&#8217;s office, in a statement, said that &#8220;there was insufficient evidence of criminal conduct and that the driver experienced a medical condition.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">| MORE LIKE THIS | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/woman-killed-folsom-light-rail-station-crash-id\/70149106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Friends and family of Elinor Steffy spoke of her love of dancing<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">\u201cThe loss of Elinor Steffy is truly tragic and heartbreaking,&#8221; the DA&#8217;s office said. &#8220;As we do in every case involving a loss of life, we approached this review with the utmost care and consideration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">An online fundraiser that was launched after her death indicated Steffy was on her way to work as a dance instructor at the Hawkins School of Performing Arts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/honoring-elinor-dance-community-fund?attribution_id=sl:926c5c37-e048-4c4b-9b37-d82ea2382806&amp;lang=en_US&amp;ts=1769362715&amp;utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_content=amp17_td&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">According to the GoFundMe<\/a>, the funds are to establish a nonprofit organization in her name to bring dance education and workshops for the next generation of dancers.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">The posting also described Steffy as a mentor who cared deeply about her students, and who helped provide a welcoming space for young dancers to practice at her family&#8217;s restaurant. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-news-on-the-go-download\/44039145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Download our app<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KCRA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=kcra.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Make KCRA a preferred news source in Google<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No charges will be filed in deadly crash at Folsom light rail train station, DA says FOLSOM, Calif.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[134413,10772,45624,162845,162844,5324,162840,473,5538,162841,4319,346,162842,121,2902,76485,123,122,4963,4959,33673,162843,2829,5050,1557],"class_list":["post-406174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-aligncenter","tag-charge","tag-da","tag-dance-education","tag-dancingthe-loss","tag-deadly-crash","tag-elinor-steffy","tag-kcra","tag-light-rail","tag-light-rail-train-station","tag-livecopter","tag-office","tag-sac-rt","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-county-district-attorney","tag-sacramento-county-district-attorneys-office","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sacramento-regional-transit","tag-sacrt","tag-sedan","tag-steffy","tag-track","tag-video","tag-woman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406174","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=406174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}