Coroner releases identity of man who died while helping in Thanksgiving day crash

The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office has identified the sole fatality in a Thanksgiving morning freeway collision.

Reno resident Rodolfo Munoz-Garcia, 41, was trying to render aid alongside Farrukh Saddiq of Citrus Heights after a 2016 Jeep Cherokee crashed in front of them and partially blocked one lane of Capital City Freeway just south of Elvas, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A Ford Freestyle then crashed into the Jeep, sending it toward the center median where Munoz-Garcia, Saddiq and the Jeep driver were standing at about 2:45 a.m.

Munoz-Garcia was pronounced dead at the scene, while Saddiq and 61-year-old Kathy Navarette of Sacramento were transported to UC Davis Medical Center with serious injuries. The Ford driver sustained no injuries and was not arrested.

This story was originally published November 27, 2017 at 7:47 AM with the headline "Coroner releases identity of man who died while helping in Thanksgiving day crash."