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<\/p>\nStolen dump truck crashes, overturns after chase on Sacramento freeways<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKCRA THREE NEWS. THANKS, MARICELA. ALL RIGHT, WE\u2019RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW OUT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY. WE\u2019VE GOT A CHASE RIGHT HERE ON SOUTHBOUND I-5 IN NATOMAS. IT IS WHAT APPEARS TO BE SOME SORT OF DUMP TRUCK, SO WE DON\u2019T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT HOW LONG THIS CHASE HAS BEEN GOING ON. BUT THIS RIGHT HERE IS IN THE NATOMAS AREA. SOUTHBOUND I-5, RIGHT NEAR ARENA BOULEVARD. YOU CAN SEE THERE ISN\u2019T A WHOLE LOT OF TRAFFIC AHEAD OF OR BEHIND THIS PARTICULAR CHASE AT THIS POINT. BUT IF YOU LOOK, WE HAVE, WHAT, ONE, TWO, THREE POLICE CRUISERS CHASING THIS JUMP DUMP TRUCK RIGHT THERE IS THE ARENA BOULEVARD EXIT OF I-5. AND WE KNOW THAT THEY WERE ON SOUTHBOUND 99 BEFORE THIS. WE BELIEVE THIS IS A SHERIFF\u2019S DEPARTMENT PURSUING THEM. BUT OF COURSE, OTHER AGENCIES MAY ALSO BE INVOLVED AT THIS POINT. AS WE ZOOM IN, WE\u2019LL BE ABLE TO SEE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT DUMP TRUCK JUST WEAVED FROM THE NUMBER ONE LANE OVER TO THE NUMBER FOUR LANE THERE. NOW WOULD BE APPROACHING I-80. SO WE DON\u2019T KNOW IF THAT THAT DRIVER IS GOING TO POSSIBLY GET ON I-80 OR CONTINUE INTO DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. BUT OF COURSE SOUTHBOUND I-5 THERE USUALLY STARTS TO BE A LOT OF BACKUP AS YOU APPROACH DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. NOW, THERE IN THAT NUMBER FIVE LANE, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY THE SLOW LANE AS WE\u2019RE LOOKING LIVE FROM LIVECOPTER3, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY ACTUALLY MERGE ONTO 80. AS WE GET CLOSER, THE EXIT THERE APPROACHING. YOU DO SEE THAT THAT DUMP TRUCK IS NOW APPROACHING TRAFFIC. IT IS OPPOSITE COMMUTER TRAFFIC FOR THIS TIME OF DAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE BOTTOM PART OF YOUR SCREEN ARE LEAVING DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO TOWARD NATOMAS. BUT YES, IT LOOKS LIKE LISA, AS YOU WERE SAYING, TAKING THIS OFFRAMP RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS 80. SO WE\u2019RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF HE\u2019S GOING TO GO WESTBOUND OR EASTBOUND. BUT YEAH, THAT TRAFFIC THERE STOPPED THE LEFT LANE THERE. THAT\u2019S WHAT\u2019S GOING TO MERGE ONTO EASTBOUND 80. SO IT LOOKS LIKE HE\u2019S TAKING THAT TURN THERE TO WESTBOUND 80 AT THIS POINT EXITING RIGHT THERE. AND THIS DRIVER PROBABLY DOESN\u2019T REALIZE HE\u2019S HEADED STRAIGHT FOR THE CHP ACADEMY. SO IF HE TAKES WESTBOUND 80 INTO WEST SACRAMENTO YEAH WE\u2019LL PROBABLY START TO SEE OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES JOIN IN. THIS IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL TO SEE A DUMP TRUCK INVOLVED IN A. IN A IN A IN A CHASE. IT\u2019S HARD TO TELL THE MILES PER HOUR THAT THIS DRIVER IS GOING, BUT DEFINITELY WAS GOING FASTER THAN THE REST OF TRAFFIC, THAT\u2019S FOR SURE. IT DOESN\u2019T LOOK LIKE THERE\u2019S A LOT IN THE BACK OF THAT DUMP TRUCK. SO AT THIS POINT, WE\u2019RE WORKING TO FIND OUT WHY THEY ARE AFTER THIS PARTICULAR DUMP TRUCK. WE DON\u2019T KNOW IF THIS WAS SOME SORT OF A TRAFFIC STOP THAT THEY WERE ATTEMPTING AND THE PERSON TOOK OFF OR WHAT. BUT YOU SEE THAT CRUISER RIGHT THERE? LOOKS LIKE CHP. YEAH. GETTING UP CLOSER, ONE LANE OVER TO THAT DUMP TRUCK. THE DUMP TRUCK NOW IS APPROACHING THE WEST EL CAMINO EXIT. THERE ON 80. AND AFTER THAT, THE NEXT EXIT IS GOING UP OVER THE SACRAMENTO RIVER AND APPROACHING REED AVENUE. AND THAT\u2019S RIGHT THERE WHERE LISA WAS MENTIONING IS THE CHP ACADEMY. YEAH. AND SO WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY\u2019VE GOT PLANNED FOR THIS DRIVER STRAIGHT AHEAD, BECAUSE THAT DOES LOOK LIKE A CHP CRUISER FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT. DOES IT LOOK LIKE THERE\u2019S A LOT OF OTHER CARS OUT THERE? SO I WONDER IF THEY\u2019VE ALREADY CLEARED IT. YOU KNOW, AHEAD, BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL. WE HAVEN\u2019T SEEN ANOTHER CAR NOW FOR QUITE SOME DISTANCE. AND THEY MAY ALREADY HAVE A SPIKE STRIP OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, IN A CAR OF THIS SIZE. CURTIS IF, IF IT, IF IT CRASHES AND IT SKIDS ACROSS, I MEAN THAT COULD BE DEADLY. WELL, THERE\u2019S A TRUCK RIGHT THERE, BUT WE\u2019RE NOT SEEING PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THIS, SO WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY\u2019VE GOT PLANNED. AS THIS PERSON APPROACHES WEST SACRAMENTO IN THE CHP ACADEMY, AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO EITHER GO RIGHT OR LEFT, WHETHER THEY\u2019RE GOING TO GO TOWARDS DAVIS OR THEY\u2019RE GOING TO GO IN TOWARDS SACRAMENTO, WE REALLY DON\u2019T KNOW WHY THEY\u2019RE CHASING THIS PERSON. MAYBE THIS IS A STOLEN DUMP TRUCK. SO LIVECOPTER3 PUTTING THE TOOL UP THERE SHOWING THIS NOT CONSIDERED A HIGH SPEED CHASE AT THIS POINT AT 55MPH STAYING WITHIN THE SPEED LIMITS. BUT RIGHT NOW, HEADING WESTBOUND ON INTERSTATE 80, THIS IS APPROACHING THE BRIDGE THAT GOES UP AND OVER THE SACRAMENTO RIVER. THERE ON THE RIGHT LANE. AS WE APPROACH THIS BRIDGE, AFTER PASSING THE THE WEST EL CAMINO EXIT. AND SO YEAH, THIS IS RIGHT THERE, STARTING THE INCLINE TO GO UP ON THAT BRIDGE AS WE PULL OUT LIVE HERE. LIVECOPTER3 YOU CAN SEE. YEAH, WE DO HAVE OTHER TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD. THE CHP CREWS ARE STAYING SEVERAL CAR LENGTHS BEHIND. WE SEE ONE TWO EARLIER WE SAW A THIRD. THERE\u2019S THE THIRD CHP CRUISER RIGHT THERE. SO AGAIN, LIVE PICTURES FROM LIVECOPTER3. IF YOU\u2019RE JUST JOINING US, THIS IS A PURSUIT OF A DUMP TRUCK. NOW IT\u2019S ON I-80. IT STARTED ON SOUTHBOUND 99, MERGED ONTO I-5 SOUTHBOUND, AND THEN MERGED ONTO WESTBOUND 80 AND IS QUICKLY APPROACHING WEST SACRAMENTO AS IT GOES OVER THE SACRAMENTO RIVER. RIGHT THERE ON THAT OVERPASS BRIDGE AND THEN WILL BE APPROACHING REED AVENUE, WHICH IS WHERE THE CHP ACADEMY IS LOCATED. AND THEN WE\u2019LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVEN\u2019T ALREADY PUT OUT SPIKE STRIPS OR OR PULLED THIS PERSON OVER OR DID DO A PIT MANEUVER, I DON\u2019T KNOW HOW YOU DO A PIT MANEUVER ON A BIG TRUCK LIKE THIS, BUT THAT WOULD BE TOUGH. THAT WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. THEN WE\u2019LL SEE IF THEY\u2019RE GOING TO HEAD TOWARDS DAVIS, OR IF THEY\u2019RE GOING TO HEAD INTO WEST SACRAMENTO IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, NOT GOING TOO FAST. LOOKS LIKE JUST ABOUT IT\u2019S SPED UP THERE A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS THE FASTEST WE\u2019VE SEEN SINCE WE\u2019VE HAD THAT TRACKER ON THERE AT ABOUT 70 75MPH. AND SO KIND OF SEEING THE THE WINDOW HERE, THERE\u2019S A LITTLE BIT OF GLARE BECAUSE OF COURSE WE\u2019VE GOT THE SUN TODAY. YEAH. THIS IS THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, NOW WE HAVE THE SUN A LITTLE BIT OF A GLARE. SO IT\u2019S HARD TO TELL IF THERE\u2019S SOMEONE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THERE, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN SEE THERE\u2019S NOTHING IN THE BACK OF THAT DUMP TRUCK. ALL RIGHT, SO AS IT COMES ACROSS THE RIVER THERE, IT\u2019S NOW ON THE DECLINE AFTER CROSSING THE SACRAMENTO RIVER. SO WE HAVE THE REED AVENUE EXIT DOES NOT APPEAR AT THIS POINT. IT\u2019S IN THAT FAR. RIGHT. WELL, NOW IS IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THAT DRIVER IS GOING TO TAKE THE EXIT THERE. BUT THIS VEHICLE IS THEN APPROACHING THAT MERGE, WHICH EVENTUALLY GOES TO THE DAVIS CAUSEWAY. THERE WILL BE A CHOICE ONCE IT GETS, ONCE THE DRIVER GETS THERE, OR WHETHER IT\u2019S GOING TO CURVE BACK AROUND AND START TAKING THAT STRETCH OF, OH, HE\u2019S GETTING OFF AT REED, IS GETTING OFF. NO, LET\u2019S SEE. OH NO, OH NO. THIS IS THE MERGER. THIS IS THE MERGER WITH 50 AND 80. AND IT LOOKS LIKE 5050 EASTBOUND 50. SO THIS IS A DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC WHERE MOST LIKELY WILL RUN INTO TRAFFIC BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE IT\u2019S GOING. THE DRIVER IS GOING TO BE APPROACHING COMMUTERS. YEAH. SO MAYBE WE CAN EVEN ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT IF OUR PHOTOGRAPHER IS LISTENING, ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT. SO THEY\u2019LL BE GOING THROUGH WEST SACRAMENTO, APPROACHING HARBOR AND CAPITOL AND THEN RIGHT INTO DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. ALTHOUGH I DO SAY, CURTIS, THERE\u2019S PROBABLY GOING TO BE LESS TRAFFIC HERE FOR A LONGER TIME THAN WHAT THEY WOULD WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE FACED IF THEY WENT TOWARDS THE CAUSEWAY. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT CONSTRUCTION STILL GOING ON. SO I COUNTED. NOW WE HAVE FOUR CRUISERS FOLLOWING THIS DUMP TRUCK. YOU CAN SEE THEY\u2019RE KEEPING A DISTANCE AT THIS POINT. PERSON IS JUST KIND OF DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT OR A LITTLE BIT BELOW AS IT DRIVES RIGHT HERE ON HIGHWAY 50. THIS IS THAT STRETCH OF ROAD THAT HAS A MILLION DIFFERENT NAMES, IS CONSIDERED BUSINESS 80. IT\u2019S CONSIDERED 50. IT\u2019S 50. THE W\/X. BUT NOW APPROACHING TRAFFIC RIGHT HERE OKAY. SO WE\u2019RE JUST HEARING FROM CHP THIS DUMP TRUCK WAS STOLEN OUT OF ROSEVILLE. ACCORDING TO CHP, THE DUMP TRUCK WAS STOLEN OUT OF ROSEVILLE, WHICH MAKES SENSE THAT IT WAS ON SOUTHBOUND 99 BECAUSE THEY WERE PROBABLY ON ONE OF THOSE BACK ROADS THAT LEADS FROM FROM ROSEVILLE, LIKE ARRIGO OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. HERE IT IS COMING OFF THE SHOULDER. AND THIS WOULD BE AN OPTION WHERE THEY\u2019D BE ABLE TO GET OFF AND GO INTO WEST SACRAMENTO. OR IF THEY STAY IN THAT RIGHT LANE, THEY\u2019RE GOING TO TAKE THAT OVERPASS THAT LEADS INTO DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO, RIGHT NEAR SUTTER HEALTH PARK, AND THEN THE TOWER BRIDGE. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY BE TAKING THAT, BUT IT DOESN\u2019T LOOK LIKE THEY\u2019RE SLOWING DOWN MUCH TO POSSIBLY PULL OVER THERE. JUST KIND OF PUSHING THIS THING ALONG. I\u2019M SURE THAT DUMP TRUCK ALSO CAN\u2019T GO THAT FAST, RIGHT? YEAH. WELL, THAT WAS HARBOR BOULEVARD, WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE HE GOT ON OVER INTO THE RIGHT LANE AND WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LANE TO MERGE ONTO 50 RIGHT THERE AND THEN. NOW APPROACHING JEFFERSON BOULEVARD, WHERE THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS TO EITHER EXIT OR AS LISA WAS MENTIONING, TAKING DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO, JUST LITERALLY JUST SAYS DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. IT WILL TAKE YOU RIGHT UP NEXT TO SUTTER HEALTH PARK, WHICH WAS FORMERLY RALEY FIELD, AND THEN LITERALLY GOES STRAIGHT INTO THE TOWER BRIDGE. OKAY, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE THE DRIVER IS TEETERING BETWEEN THE THE SLOW LANE AND THE SHOULDER RIGHT THERE. AS THE DRIVER IS PASSING THESE PARTICULAR VEHICLES AND WELL, LOOKS LIKE THE DRIVER HERE IS OPTING TO STAY ON 50 INSTEAD OF TAKING THAT EXIT RIGHT THERE. GETTING AROUND THIS DRIVER WHO PROBABLY HAS NO IDEA THEY\u2019RE RIGHT NEXT TO SOMEBODY THE CHP IS PURSUING. YEAH, BECAUSE THEY AREN\u2019T GOING EXCEPTIONALLY FAST OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THEY ARE GOING A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE. BUT DOING A LOT OF WEAVING AROUND TRAFFIC. AND NOW PEOPLE ARE LOOK AT PEOPLE ARE STARTING. LOOKS LIKE TO PULL OVER TO THE RIGHT A LITTLE BIT, MAKING WAY FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT IS FOLLOWING THIS DUMP TRUCK AT A REALLY SAFE DISTANCE. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, WE ARE SEEING FOUR VEHICLES LOOK AT THE OTHER VEHICLE AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN. THAT ONE\u2019S COMING AROUND. BUT YEAH, THEY\u2019RE GOING TO BE APPROACHING THE W\/X FREEWAY AND IT\u2019S USUALLY PRETTY CONGESTED. THE W\/X PORTION OF HIGHWAY 50 EASTBOUND ON JEFFERSON BOULEVARD, UNLESS THEY GET BACK ON I-5, THEY CAN GET BACK AFTER THEY GO OVER THE PIONEER BRIDGE, THEY CAN GET BACK ON I-5. THAT\u2019S ALSO AN OPTION. AND THEN THEY WOULD BE GOING NORTH OR SOUTH. WE\u2019LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THIS DUMP TRUCK DRIVER DECIDES TO DO AGAIN, REPORTED STOLEN OUT OF ROSEVILLE. SO THIS IS ALREADY TRAVELED QUITE SOME WAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THE TRAFFIC THERE ON THE RIGHT IS MERGING ON FROM JEFFERSON BOULEVARD. AND THIS DRIVER NOW IN THE FAST LANE OF 50 GOING EAST AND APPROACHING WHERE THERE WOULD BE AN OPTION TO EXIT I-5 AND GO EITHER SOUTHBOUND OR NORTHBOUND THROUGH DOWNTOWN. AND AT THIS POINT, THOUGH, THAT DRIVER IS STAYING IN THE FAST LANE. YEAH. LIKE I WAS SAYING EARLIER, BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A BIG TRUCK. IF IT DOES CRASH, THAT\u2019S A THAT\u2019S A LOT OF MASS IN MOTION. THAT COULD CREATE A LOT OF DESTRUCTION FOR NEARBY CARS. THIS ISN\u2019T, YOU KNOW, LIKE A SMALLER VEHICLE. AND ALSO THIS IS GOING, YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, PRETTY FAST FOR THIS VEHICLE AS THEY HEAD OVER THE PIONEER BRIDGE RIGHT NOW GOING INTO DOWNTOWN, MIDTOWN SACRAMENTO AND THE W\/X FREEWAY, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS DRIVER IS GOING TO STAY ON 50 EASTBOUND AND NOT BRANCH OFF, BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE EXIT RIGHT THERE. SO THIS DRIVER MOST LIKELY IS GOING TO BE APPROACHING SOME TRAFFIC OF COMMUTERS LEAVING DOWNTOWN AT THE END OF THE WORKDAY, BECAUSE THIS IS RIGHT HEADED TOWARD DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. AND THERE WON\u2019T BE A LOT OF OPTIONS FOR THIS DRIVER UNLESS THEY STAY ON 50. YOU COULD TRY AND GET BACK ON 99 OR THE CAPITAL CITY FREEWAY, OR YOU KNOW, YOU\u2019RE JUST GOING TO BE STUCK IN THIS. OR IF YOU EXIT, YOU KNOW, INTO LAND PARK OR INTO DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, THAT\u2019S GOING TO BE A LOT HARDER TO GET AWAY FROM OFFICERS WHO ARE CHASING YOU. BUT A LOT OF QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THIS. AGAIN, AT LEAST IT DOESN\u2019T HAVE A FULL LOAD IN THE BACK OF THAT DUMP TRUCK. IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE AS IT WAS APPROACHING PASSING THOSE CARS BACK THERE, IT LOOKED LIKE SOME CARS WERE PULLING OVER FOR SURE. YEAH, I THINK CARS ARE STARTING TO RECOGNIZE AND SEE ALL THE LIGHTS BEHIND THEM AND START TO PULL OVER BECAUSE YOU I DRIVE THIS EVERY DAY, THIS PORTION, AND THERE\u2019S NO WAY YOU\u2019RE GOING THIS FAST. PEOPLE ARE DEFINITELY PULLING OVER AND NOTICING ALL THE FLASHING LIGHTS BEHIND THEM. AND WE DON\u2019T HAVE SOUND, SO I DON\u2019T KNOW, MAYBE THEY\u2019RE ALSO SIRENS GOING AS WELL BECAUSE YOU COULD NEVER USUALLY GET THROUGH THAT THAT QUICKLY. I UNFORTUNATELY. ALL RIGHT HERE WE GO. WE GOT A SPLIT SCREEN RIGHT HERE BECAUSE THIS IS THE CALTRANS CAMERA. BUT YOU SEE THOSE FLASHING LIGHTS THERE ON THE RIGHT. SO WE HAVE THE PERSPECTIVE LOWERED TO THE GROUND. AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF RED RIGHT THERE. GRANTED YOU KNOW THE LIGHTS ARE STARTING TO COME ON AS THE SUN SETS. BUT THERE ARE USUALLY BRAKE LIGHTS THROUGH THIS AREA DURING THE COMMUTE. BUT OVERHEAD YOU CAN SEE THINGS HAVE REALLY SLOWED DOWN HERE. THIS DRIVER NOW GOING ABOUT TEN 20MPH. WE\u2019VE BEEN SEEING FROM THE GAUGE THERE IN LIVECOPTER3. AND YOU CAN SEE AND WELCOME TO FIX 50 WHOEVER THIS DRIVER IS. WELCOME TO FIX 50 IS A SLOW GOING. AND THIS DRIVER ALREADY WAS ABLE TO GO A LOT FASTER THAN WHAT. NORMALLY PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GO AT ANY TIME OF DAY IN THIS PORTION OF THE FREEWAY. THERE\u2019S JUST A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION STILL GOING ON FROM FIX 50, BUT YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE ARE DEFINITELY YIELDING TO THE RIGHT, GETTING OUT OF THE WAY OF WHATEVER SITUATION THIS IS. THEY PROBABLY DON\u2019T KNOW WHAT\u2019S GOING ON, BUT PEOPLE ARE DEFINITELY DOING THE RIGHT THING AND GETTING OUT OF THE WAY OF THIS DRIVER AS THEY CONTINUE EASTBOUND ON 50. DOESN\u2019T LOOK LIKE THEY\u2019RE GOING TO TRY AND GO ON 99 OR ON THE CAPITAL CITY FREEWAY. LOOKS LIKE THEY\u2019RE JUST STAYING IN THAT ONE LANE. SO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO WONDER WHEN YOU\u2019RE WATCHING SITUATIONS LIKE THESE, WHAT IS GOING THROUGH THAT DRIVER\u2019S MIND IN THIS SITUATION? YOU HAVE FOUR POLICE CRUISERS, WHICH I CAN GUARANTEE COULD GO FASTER THAN THAT DUMP TRUCK. SO AT THIS POINT, YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHAT THIS PERSON IS THINKING IS THE END GAME. AS THEY\u2019RE DRIVING THROUGH COMMUTER TRAFFIC RIGHT THROUGH DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO WITH SEVERAL POLICE CRUISERS. I MEAN, WHY WOULD YOU EVEN. YEAH. I MEAN, WHY WOULD YOU EVEN SELL A DUMP TRUCK TO BEGIN WITH? IT\u2019S HARD TO EVEN IMAGINE WHAT THEY\u2019RE IMAGINING, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NOT DOESN\u2019T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. EITHER WAY, EVENTUALLY, HOPEFULLY, WE\u2019LL FIND OUT THE FULL STORY AND FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED. AND YOU KNOW THE SITUATION. WHY YOU WOULD EVER STEAL A DUMP TRUCK IF YOU\u2019RE GOING TO TRY AND GET AWAY. THIS IS NOT THE VEHICLE TO PICK. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU SEE THAT NOW THAT DRIVER HAS GONE AROUND THOSE CONES ON THE LEFT. YOU SEE SOME PERSON STOPPED THERE. THIS IS RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE FIX 50 PROJECT. HIT THAT, HIT THAT RIGHT THERE. I HAVE NOT BEEN DOWN THERE JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT I KNOW AT ONE POINT THIS WAS A POINT WHERE THERE WAS A SPLIT. THERE\u2019S NOT A SPLIT THERE UNTIL OH, IT\u2019S OH, THE DRIVER IS PULLING ALL THE WAY OVER. SO THIS IS THE MEDIAN AREA WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION CREWS DO THEIR WORK, AND THAT\u2019S WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION CREWS ENTER. SO THAT\u2019S INTERESTING THAT THAT PERSON EVEN KNEW THAT. MAYBE THEY DON\u2019T REALIZE THAT THAT CONE UNDERNEATH IS NOT A FLAT TIRE. MAYBE THEY THINK IT\u2019S SOMETHING ELSE. SO NOW THIS PERSON IS IN THE MEDIAN. THIS IS WHERE ALL THE CONSTRUCTION CREWS, BECAUSE I KNOW CREWS, I KNOW PEOPLE THAT WORK ON THIS. THAT\u2019S WHERE THEY ENTER AND THEN THAT\u2019S WHERE THEY WILL NORMALLY PARK THEIR CARS, BECAUSE THEY\u2019RE WORKING IN THIS MEDIAN PART. AS YOU APPROACH 34TH, 65TH, HOW THAT SORT OF THING. SO THIS DRIVER IS NO LONGER GOING TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THOSE BREAK OFFS. BUT WE DO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IF THERE ARE ANY POTENTIAL CREWS WHO. WELL, I GOT TO TELL YOU, I\u2019M NOT SURE IF THERE\u2019S AN EXIT POINT TO THIS BECAUSE BECAUSE THIS IS ALL CONSTRUCTION AREA RIGHT HERE. SO AT LEAST THIS PERSON. OH, UNLESS THEY WENT BACK OVER. NO NO NO NO NO, THEY\u2019RE NOW IN THE LANE. THEY EXITED AND NOW THEY\u2019RE IN A LANE THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY DRIVE ON. SO THIS WAS ONE OF THE SPLITS CURTIS OKAY. THIS IS ONE OF THE SPLITS BECAUSE SEE THIS IS YOU CAN DRIVE THIS RIGHT NOW OKAY. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE SPLITS. THEY WERE IN THAT LITTLE CONSTRUCTION AREA. AND THEN THEY GOT BACK ON INTO ONE OF THE SPLITS. BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THAT ALL WHEN THAT LITTLE WHEN THAT LITTLE BARRIER GOES DOWN THAT WILL ALL EVENTUALLY BE WESTBOUND 50. EXACTLY. SO I SEE IT\u2019S KIND OF WEIRD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU\u2019RE DRIVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF WHAT EVENTUALLY IT WILL BE. THERE\u2019S GOING TO BE ANOTHER LITTLE SPLIT I GOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT. THERE\u2019S GOING TO BE ANOTHER LITTLE SPLIT COMING UP. AND IF YOU STAY TO ONE SIDE, YOU\u2019RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET OFF ON 65TH OR HOWE AVENUE. YOU\u2019RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO ON TO WHAT? BUT THERE IS NOBODY THERE. SO I DON\u2019T KNOW HOW THEY GOT THIS CLEARED BEFOREHAND. MAYBE WE COULD ZOOM OUT JUST TO GIVE US SOME PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT\u2019S AHEAD OF THIS DRIVER IF WE ZOOM OUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE THE BEST PHOTOJOURNALIST IN LIVECOPTER3, AND INTERESTING TO SEE. I MEAN, THERE\u2019S NO TRAFFIC AT ALL. TRAFFIC IN THAT LANE. SO. YOU KNOW, BUT YOU SEE THAT PERHAPS A LITTLE SILVER LINING BY GOING INTO THAT AREA IS THEY ARE AVOIDING ALL THAT TRAFFIC AND POTENTIALLY AVOIDING CRASHES BY BEING IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. BUT DOES IT LOOK LIKE WE HAVE MORE CRUISERS NOW? ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. WE STILL HAVE FIVE. YEAH, 4 OR 5. WE HAVE SIX NOW. THERE\u2019S STRAGGLER COMING BEHIND THE VERY END. THERE WE GO. OKAY. SO I WONDER AND WE HAVE THAT SPLIT SCREEN RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE IN THE DISTANCE THOSE FLASHING BACK IN. OH GETTING NOW WE HAVE SEVEN NOW MERGING BACK INTO TRAFFIC. VERY INTERESTING I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMEONE WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS PART OF HIGHWAY 50. BECAUSE THIS DRIVER HAS BEEN ABLE TO MANEUVER THIS PRETTY WELL. ALL RIGHT. WE\u2019RE LOOKING INTO THE WINDSHIELD RIGHT THERE. NOW, ONCE AGAIN MERGING AROUND. OH. OH OKAY. SLOWING DOWN HERE. BUT IN GOING AROUND THAT SIGN, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THING THAT WAS IN THE BACK TOO BLEW OFF. THE THING THAT WAS CATCHING WIND IN THE BACK THAT LOOKED LIKE THAT\u2019S NO LONGER THERE. THIS IS HARD TO TELL IF THIS IS THAT SPLIT LANE OR IF THIS IS PART OF THAT CONSTRUCTION MEDIAN WHERE THEY WORK. NONETHELESS, THEY ARE SEPARATED FROM WHERE WE SEE ALL THAT OTHER TRAFFIC. YEAH, THAT\u2019S GREAT NEWS. YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THIS IS A GOOD THING. AND PREVENTING ANY OTHER CARS FROM GETTING INVOLVED. YEAH. BECAUSE SOMETHING THIS BIG IF IT CRASHES THAT\u2019S GOING TO THAT\u2019S GOING TO BE THAT\u2019S GOING TO HURT A LOT OF PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT. SO ONCE AGAIN, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS IS THIS STARTED AS A STOLEN VEHICLE IN THE ROSEVILLE AREA. WE DID GET WORD THAT THIS ENDED UP ON SOUTHBOUND 99 JUST NORTH OF NATOMAS AND THEN MERGED ONTO SOUTHBOUND I-5 IN NATOMAS. THIS DRIVER THEN WENT THROUGH THE NATOMAS AREA AND MERGED. OH, IT JUST CAUGHT SOMETHING OVERTURNED ON ITS SIDE RIGHT THERE, RIGHT AS IT WAS GOING UNDERNEATH THAT OVERPASS. AND IT IS ON ITS SIDE. AND IT WASN\u2019T GOING THAT FAST, BUT IT DOESN\u2019T TAKE MUCH. SO IT MUST HAVE JUST HIT SOMETHING. WAS THAT CONCRETE BARRIER THAT IT HIT AND JUST FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE? IT\u2019S HARD TO TELL, BUT IT\u2019S SUCH A NARROW AREA THAT IF YOU\u2019RE NOT SLOWING DOWN, YOU KNOW YOU\u2019RE GOING TO HIT SOMETHING. AND SO IT WAS GOING THROUGH THAT AREA. AND SO WE\u2019LL SEE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT KNOCKED OFF THE HOOD OF THE ENGINE WHICH IS NOW UP. WE SAW THAT BACK TIRE STILL SPINNING. SO BUT YOU CAN SEE THESE PEOPLE. YEAH. DID YOU SEE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE JUMPING OVER THOSE LITTLE THE LITTLE WHITE BARRIERS. I\u2019M NOT SURE IF THAT\u2019S LAW ENFORCEMENT OR IF THOSE WERE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. ALTHOUGH CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE ALREADY GONE. SO YOU CAN SEE ALL THOSE OFFICERS ARE OUT OF THEIR CARS AND APPROACHING IT ALREADY WITH POTENTIALLY GUNS DRAWN. YOU CAN SEE THE STANCE OF SOME OF THOSE OFFICERS AS THEY APPROACH THIS VEHICLE. AND THEY\u2019RE GETTING OUT OKAY. THE DRIVER DOWN ON THE GROUND AND ORANGE SHIRT SPREAD, LEGS SPREAD FACE DOWN, THE OFFICERS APPROACHING WITH GUNS DRAWN. THERE\u2019S A K-9 RIGHT THERE AS WELL. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE NOW TAKING THIS DRIVER INTO CUSTODY. THAT DRIVER GOT OUT OF THERE FAST. YEAH. CURIOUS HOW THEY GOT OUT. WE DIDN\u2019T SEE THE DRIVER GET OUT THROUGH THE WINDOW AREA AT THE TOP. SO I DON\u2019T KNOW IF THE WINDSHIELD BROKE OR WE DON\u2019T KNOW IF THE DRIVER IS THE ONLY PERSON IN THERE EITHER THAT K-9 IS READY TO GO, BUT I DON\u2019T THINK THEY\u2019RE GOING TO NEED THE K-9. NO. ALL RIGHT. YOU\u2019RE WATCHING THE CONCLUSION OF A CHASE. WE\u2019VE BEEN WATCHING LIVE HERE ON KCRA 3 LIVECOPTER3. FOLLOWING THIS CHASE THROUGH THE NATOMAS AREA, THEN WEST THROUGH WEST SACRAMENTO. AND THEN THE DRIVER GOT ONTO EASTBOUND 50 AND CONTINUED ON EASTBOUND 50. LOOKS LIKE THAT DRIVER NOT SERIOUSLY HURT. NOW UP ON HIS OWN TWO FEET, WALKING AND NOW HANDCUFFED. LOOKS LIKE THEY DID CHECK THE INSIDE OF THAT CAB AND DOESN\u2019T APPEAR ANYBODY ELSE IS INSIDE THAT CAB AS THIS D\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Stolen dump truck crashes, overturns after chase on Sacramento freeways<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 5:05 PM PST Dec 17, 2025\n\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tA person was detained after leading police on a highway vehicle chase in Sacramento County while driving a dump truck. The suspect eventually crashed in a Highway 50 construction zone and the vehicle overturned, ending the pursuit.LiveCopter 3 showed the pursuit on Interstate 5 before the truck merged onto westbound Interstate 80 just after 4:30 p.m. The suspect then moved onto eastbound Highway 50 around 4:40 p.m. The suspect then entered the lanes under construction on Highway 50 just after 4:45 p.m. The driver could be seen walking while in handcuffs after the crash.The California Highway Patrol said the dump truck was stolen from the Roseville area.Watch raw footage of the pursuit in the video player below:KCRA 3 has reached out to several law enforcement agencies for more information.This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n A person was detained after leading police on a highway vehicle chase in Sacramento County while driving a dump truck. The suspect eventually crashed in a Highway 50 construction zone and the vehicle overturned, ending the pursuit.<\/p>\n LiveCopter 3 showed the pursuit on Interstate 5 before the truck merged onto westbound Interstate 80 just after 4:30 p.m. The suspect then moved onto eastbound Highway 50 around 4:40 p.m. The suspect then entered the lanes under construction on Highway 50 just after 4:45 p.m. <\/p>\n The driver could be seen walking while in handcuffs after the crash.<\/p>\n The California Highway Patrol said the dump truck was stolen from the Roseville area.<\/p>\n Watch raw footage of the pursuit in the video player below:<\/p>\n \n\tThis content is imported from YouTube. <\/p>\n KCRA 3 has reached out to several law enforcement agencies for more information.<\/p>\n This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.<\/p>\n See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stolen dump truck crashes, overturns after chase on Sacramento freeways KCRA THREE NEWS. THANKS, MARICELA. ALL RIGHT, WE\u2019RE…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2820,8815,23615,54038,10795,473,734,4319,671,7839,13364,2592,121,123,122,36686,54039,669,2734,11060],"class_list":["post-99032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-app","tag-channel","tag-download","tag-dump-truck","tag-interstate","tag-kcra","tag-law-enforcement","tag-livecopter","tag-more-coverage","tag-more-information","tag-police-chase","tag-pursuit","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sacramento-region","tag-stolen-dump-truck","tag-subscribe","tag-top-california-story","tag-wednesday-afternoon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99032","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=99032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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