Two teens killed, five others injured in North Sacramento crash, fire department says

Two people were killed and five people, including a child, were injured in a crash in an unincorporated section of North Sacramento on Friday night, according to the Sacramento Fire Department.

Fire department officials said two cars crashed near the intersection of National Drive and Striker Avenue. California Highway Patrol officers were called out to the crash around 7:30 p.m.

North Sacramento CHP spokesman Officer A.J. McTaggart said a blue Mustang convertible with four occupants was headed west on Striker Avenue, and a gray Chevrolet Malibu with three occupants was driving northbound on National Drive.

First responders declared two people from the Mustang dead at the scene of the crash. Five others were taken to hospitals for treatment.

The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office identified the two dead as Ali Shoker Ali, 18, of Sacramento and Mohammed Mahir Subhi Al Salih, 19, also of Sacramento.

CHP investigators currently believe that the Mustang drove through a stop sign and hit the speeding Malibu in the intersection, which was driving around 50 mph, McTaggart said. The intersection has stop signs on eastbound and westbound Striker Avenue, while National Drive does not.

The Mustang “T-boned” the Malibu, then overturned, McTaggart said. Two occupants of the Mustang were ejected, and killed in the crash. The other two suffered major, life-threatening injuries.

The three occupants of the Malibu — two women and a child — suffered less severe injuries.

The roadway was closed for about two and a half hours during the CHP’s investigation. Investigators are not yet certain if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash.

The fire department said speed was a factor in the crash.

This story was originally published May 22, 2021 at 11:21 AM.