Five-car wreck on 99 south of Elk Grove backs up traffic for miles, but no one hurt

A five-car pileup on Highway 99 south of Elk Grove backed up traffic for miles Monday afternoon but no injuries were reported.

Emergency crews were called at 2:21 p.m. to the chain-reaction collision on southbound Highway 99 between Grant Line and Dillard roads, said Cosumnes Fire Department Operations Chief Dan Quiggle, a department spokesman. Cosumnes units headed to the scene, but were later sent back to their stations.

The vehicles were cleared from the roadway, Quiggle said, but Caltrans officials said in a Twitter post that the No. 1 lane remains closed with no estimated time of reopening.

Caltrans called a traffic alert following the collision that remained in effect nearing the 4 p.m. hour and the afternoon commute.

Southbound traffic on a back-to-work Monday afternoon after the Thanksgiving holiday was slow-and-go as far back as the Elk Grove Boulevard exit at Highway 99.

This story was originally published November 29, 2021 at 5:20 PM.

Darrell Smith

The Sacramento Bee

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Darrell Smith is a local reporter for The Sacramento Bee. He joined The Bee in 2006 and previously worked at newspapers in Palm Springs, Colorado Springs and Marysville. Smith was born and raised at Beale Air Force Base and lives in Elk Grove.