Folsom police investigate deaths of two drivers in unrelated vehicle crashes
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- Folsom police investigated two fatal crashes within nine hours.
- Each crash involved one driver pronounced dead at the scene.
- The department’s Major Accident Response Team is leading both investigations.
Officers were investigating the deaths of two drivers in unrelated vehicle crashes that occurred within nine hours of the other this week in Folsom.
The first was reported shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday along Folsom Boulevard and Iron Point Road, where a vehicle crashed into a tree, the Folsom Police Department announced Wednesday afternoon in a news release.
Authorities found the vehicle’s driver unconscious and not breathing, police said. Despite life-saving efforts by officers and medics from the Folsom Fire Department, the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
There were no passengers in the vehicle, and no other vehicles were involved in the crash, police said. The department’s Major Accident Response Team was investigating the fatal crash.
The second deadly crash was reported about 12:45 a.m. Wednesday at Golf Links Drive and East Natoma Street, where two vehicles collided.
Police said one driver was found unconscious and not breathing. Life-saving efforts were attempted, but police said the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
The other driver remained on scene, and no arrests had been made, police said. The department’s Major Accident Response Team was investigating the cause of the crash.
The Police Department did not release any further details about the two drivers who died. The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office will release their names after their families have been notified.
