{"id":463652,"date":"2026-09-14T19:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/463652\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T19:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:36:09","slug":"dui-suspected-in-crash-near-west-sacramento-that-kills-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/463652\/","title":{"rendered":"DUI suspected in crash near West Sacramento that kills driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789414568_692_SAC roadway fatality killed highway still chyron frame.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"\" alt=\"Roadway fatality\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Alcohol or drugs were believed to be factors in a Saturday crash that killed a driver on Clarksburg Road near West Sacramento, according to the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened about 7:25 a.m. on Clarksburg Road west of Jefferson Boulevard. The driver was traveling west when the car left the road and struck a pole, according to a preliminary investigation by the CHP\u2019s Woodland office.<\/p>\n<p>The driver died at the scene, CHP officials said. The Yolo County Coroner\u2019s Office will release the driver\u2019s name after next of kin have been notified.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call the CHP Woodland office at 530-702-6250.<\/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\/09\/1789414569_904_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":"Alcohol or drugs were believed to be factors in a Saturday crash that killed a driver on Clarksburg&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-463652","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\/463652","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=463652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}