Car slams into tree at Arden Arcade Y intersection. Occupants yelled ‘we’ve been shot’
.jpg "A Sacramento County sheriff’s deputy looks into a vehicle that crashed into a tree Thursday in Arden Arcade. Three people in the vehicle have been taken to a hospital.")
Three people were injured, including one seriously, following a shooting and vehicle crash Thursday on Fulton Avenue at the Y intersection with Munroe Street in the Arden Arcade section of Sacramento County.
The collision occurred after 4 p.m. when a burgundy sedan crashed into a tree at a high rate of speed, according to witnesses. The victims, two men and a woman, were taken to a hospital. One person suffered life-threatening injuries, according to Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Sgt. Kionna Rowe.
Rowe said the department received calls reporting the crash near Loehmann’s Plaza. Updated reports were that the vehicle had been shot at. Deputies arrived and rendered aid while fire personnel responded.
Karen Pearson, who lives down the street, said she heard seven shots at 4:13 p.m. Sirens weren’t heard for another 20 minutes, she said.
“You don’t crash at that Y. I’ve never seen anyone crash at that Y,” she said.
Shawndell Harris, who was driving home, saw the crash and pulled over to join other bystanders who ran to the vehicle.
He said it looked like the driver was going about 50 mph in the far-right lane while traveling southbound on Fulton. When he reached the Y. he tried to merge left onto Munroe, but lost control and struck the tree.
“They were saying, ‘We’ve been shot, we’ve been shot,’” said Harris, who added that the driver was screaming in pain because his ankle was stuck.
The driver was extricated from the vehicle.
This story was originally published May 27, 2021 at 5:30 PM.
