{"id":469359,"date":"2026-09-19T20:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T20:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/469359\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T20:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T20:32:09","slug":"man-dies-after-vehicle-crashes-into-tree-in-sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/469359\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies after vehicle crashes into tree in Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789849928_431_SAC roadway fatality killed highway still chyron frame.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"\" alt=\"Roadway fatality\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A man died on Saturday morning after his vehicle crashed into a tree near Sacramento\u2019s Richardson Village neighborhood, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The single-vehicle crash happened shortly after 7 a.m. in the area of Norwood Avenue and Lindley Drive, Sacramento Police Department spokesperson Officer Allison Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>Responding officers attempted life-saving measures on the vehicle\u2019s driver, but he was pronounced dead at the scene, Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives with the Police Department\u2019s major collision investigation unit and crime scene investigators are investigating, according to Smith.<\/p>\n<p>The victim\u2019s identity will be released by the Sacramento County Coroner\u2019s Office after family members are notified.<\/p>\n<p>Roadways were briefly closed in the area due to the investigation but have since reopened, Smith said around noon.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/218175920\/\" 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\/1789849929_108_McGough_Michael.JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Michael McGough\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/218175920\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael McGough<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Michael McGough is a sports and local editor for The Sacramento Bee. He previously covered breaking news and COVID-19 for The Bee, which he joined in 2016. He is a Sacramento native and graduate of Sacramento State.\u00a0\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man died on Saturday morning after his vehicle crashed into a tree near Sacramento\u2019s Richardson Village neighborhood,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-469359","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\/469359","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=469359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}