Woodland woman, 20, identified by coroner after Interstate 80 crash in Sacramento
A driver found dead Tuesday in a car that had crashed along Interstate 80 in Sacramento has been identified as a young Woodland woman, who family said had gone missing over the weekend.
The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office on Wednesday identified the victim as 20-year-old Damaris Gonzalez.
Aileen Gonzalez in a public post to Facebook Monday morning said her sister, Damaris, had been missing since Saturday night and that her family had filed a missing person report to the Woodland Police Department.
The California Highway Patrol’s North Sacramento office in a news release said CHP officers were dispatched around 5:15 a.m. Tuesday for a collision along the West El Camino Avenue on-ramp to westbound I-80.
CHP officers located a Chrysler 300 sedan that had struck a tree and “landed in a brush-covered gulley.” Emergency personnel located the driver, the lone occupant inside the vehicle, and pronounced her dead.
The CHP said it is unclear when the crash happened.
“CHP found her car and body this morning,” Aileen Gonzalez wrote in a Tuesday post. “Our family is mourning her loss.”
Family members on Tuesday shared a link to a GoFundMe page for Damaris Gonzalez, hoping to raise funds for funeral costs.
This story was originally published January 20, 2022 at 7:28 AM.
