Wet Weather May Have Played Role In Davis Crash That Killed 1-Year-Old

2 years ago 334

DAVIS (CBS13) – As a household remains successful mourning, CBS13 is learning much astir however a one-year-old babe miss was killed successful a three-car clang connected Interstate 80 successful Davis.

The kid and her parents were heading eastbound adjacent Richards Boulevard erstwhile they crashed, mounting disconnected a concatenation absorption involving 2 trucks.

The three-car clang unopen down I-80 for hours.

Good Day Sacramento Photojournalist Dave Grashoff arrived astatine the country to larn a household of 3 was successful a mangled sedan sitting successful the mediate of the freeway. A one-year-old babe miss was ejected and died astatine the scene.

“As I walked up, idiosyncratic said, ‘She’s nether the motortruck and I deliberation it was a small girl,'” Dave said aboriginal connected astatine the scene.

Hours later, driving connected I-80 eastbound, the harm near down shows however this calamity played out.

Video shows wherever 1 of the cars deed the broadside guardrail, and wherever the household sedan archetypal deed the halfway divider. A concatenation absorption followed: A container motortruck and a prime up past smashed into the household car.

The California Highway Patrol is present pointing to dense aboriginal greeting fog arsenic what could person played a relation successful the crash. Erik Caswell with A1 Driving School says the contented present for galore drivers is bedewed weather.

“Not lone are we dealing with visibility arsenic an issue, but that moisture tin deposit connected the roadway,” helium said.

How tin you navigate safely done vale fog?

Caswell says permission yourself much time, driblet your speed, enactment to the close broadside of the road, usage your low beams, and crook connected your fog lights if you person them. Be definite to treble the region with the car successful beforehand of you, and if the fog is excessively much, get disconnected the road.

“It’s not worthy your life,” helium said.

The container motortruck operator wasn’t hurt, and the pickup motortruck operator suffered insignificant injuries. The CHP says intoxicant and drugs don’t look to beryllium a factor.

MORE NEWS: Tokayana Fire In Colfax Burns Through Vegetation and One Dog House

Both parents are present recovering successful a section infirmary portion dealing with the nonaccomplishment of their small girl.