Driver dies after being pinned in Turlock crash, going into cardiac arrest, officials say
THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT FIVE. ANOTHER CLOSURE PLANNED ON HIGHWAY 50 FOR THIS WEEKEND. ONLY THIS ONE WAS NOT PLANNED. AND WE WILL SHOW YOU WHAT’S GOING ON FROM LIVE TRACKER THREE. COMING UP IN A LIVE REPORT. AND AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE SPEAKING UP ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS FOLLOWING LAST WEEK’S FIREWORK EXPLOSION IN YOLO COUNTY. THE ACTION THEY’RE URGING THE COUNTY’S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO TAKE AS ONE WAY STRIKE WRAPS UP. THERE’S ANOTHER ONE JUST GETTING STARTED. THE CITIES THAT CAN NOW EXPECT TO SEE AN IMPACT TO THEIR TRASH COLLECTION. GOOD MORNING. IT’S 5 A.M. ON DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK AND I’M MIKE CHERRY IN FOR TEO THIS MORNING. IT IS A KCRA 3 WEATHER IMPACT DAY. SO MUCH OF THE REGION GEARING UP FOR THOSE TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES THAT WE’LL BE SEEING LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON. STARTED WARMING UP YESTERDAY, TAMARA. IT CERTAINLY DID. YEAH, WE HAD HIGH TEMPERATURES THAT WERE IN THE 90S. TODAY I WANT YOU TO MENTALLY THINK 100 PLUS DEGREES BECAUSE THAT IS THE DIRECTION WE’RE HEADED, THE DIRECTION THE MOON IS HEADED RIGHT NOW IS TOWARDS MOON SET. BUT CHECK OUT THE COOL VIEW HERE. THAT SPECK IN THE MORNING SKY ALONG THE 50 STRETCH THAT IS THE MOON, AND IT IS GOING TO GROW TO ITS FULLNESS TODAY. COMFORTABLE START TO THE MORNING, HOT AND HAZY AFTERNOON AND THERE WILL BE SOME AREAS OF LIGHT SMOKE LATER ON TODAY. BUT THE MOON? LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT. IT IS ON THE RISE AS WE GET INTO THE SUNSET TONIGHT, SO LOOK TO THE SOUTHEAST HORIZON AT SUNSET. FULL MOON FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. IT OFFICIALLY PEAKS IN THE AFTERNOON, WHICH I KNOW IT WILL BE HARD TO SEE AT THAT POINT. BUT AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SOUTHEASTERN HORIZON AT SUNSET, YOU SHOULD GET A NICE VIEW OF THAT PEAK ILLUMINATION OF THE FULL MOON FOR THE DAY AHEAD. START NOW 50S TO LOWER 60S 64 THIS MORNING IN AUBURN, 59 IN SACRAMENTO, 58, IN FAIRFIELD. STILL ENTERTAINING A PUSH OF THE DELTA BREEZE COMING THROUGH FAIRFIELD AT 15MPH. BUT THE WIND IS GOING TO BE SHIFTING TO MORE OF A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. AND AGAIN, THAT’S GOING TO BRING SOME OF THAT HAZY SKY AROUND, ESPECIALLY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. BUT NOTICE THAT BEYOND NOONTIME, IT ALREADY STARTS TO HEAT ABOVE 90 DEGREES. EXPECT DAYTIME HIGHS TODAY IN THE RANGE OF 100 TO 104. IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY. I’LL HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE LOOK AND THE FEEL OF THE HEAT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMING UP HERE IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES. RIGHT NOW IT’S 502. GOOD MORNING. ERIN, YOU’RE IN FOR BRIAN TRACKING THE MORNING DRIVE. I AM, AND HIGHWAY 50 IS WHERE WE’RE STARTING RIGHT NOW AT THE 24TH STREET. CAMERA MOVING SO NICELY THIS MORNING. WE’LL TALK ABOUT 50 IN A SECOND WITH MELANIE WINGO. ANOTHER VANTAGE POINT, 80 AT WEST CAPITOL. THIS THE CAUSEWAY DOING SO NICELY THIS MORNING. REALLY. LOOK THESE ARE OUR DRIVE SENSORS AND THEY’RE ALL GREEN ACROSS THE SACRAMENTO AREA DOWN FIVE AND 99 DOING WELL INTO STOCKTON. AND THEN IF WE PUSH IT ON TO TRACY TRACY IS A LITTLE SLOW AND GO. YOU CAN SEE 63MPH AS WE APPROACH IT GETS DOWN TO 30. SO WE’RE STILL MOVING AND THEN BACK UP TO 61. OUR DRIVE TIMES RIGHT NOW IN THE VALLEY TO THE BAY CATEGORY, THAT WOULD BE 23 MINUTES, I-5 TO 580. 26 MINUTES, 205 TO 680. AND THE REST OF OUR VIEWING AREA IS IN THE GREEN. LIKE I SAID, 650 AND THE 50 PROJECT A HEADS UP FOR DRIVERS WHO USE HIGHWAY 50 NEAR SACRAMENTO. THERE’S ANOTHER LANE CLOSURE HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND. KCRA 3’S MELANIE WINGO JOINS US LIVE FROM LIVE TRACKER THREE WITH MORE. GOOD MORNING MELANIE. GOOD MORNING. AND THE BUMMER FOR DRIVERS IS YES THIS IS PLANNED FOR THIS WEEKEND. BUT IT WASN’T PART OF THE BIGGER FIX 50 PLAN. UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS ALL HAPPENING ON HIGHWAY 50 BECAUSE CALTRANS FOUND SOME DAMAGED CONCRETE IN THE AREA WHERE THE FIX 50 ROADWORK IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING. SO AS YOU TAKE A LOOK OUT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD OF LIVE TRACKER THREE, WE ARE APPROACHING THE SPOT WHERE THIS CONSTRUCTION, THIS CLOSURE WILL HAPPEN THIS WEEKEND. BASICALLY, WE’RE ON THE WESTBOUND SIDE OF HIGHWAY 50 AND WE ARE GETTING TO THE SPOT NEAR THE W/X SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY. AND THREE LANES ARE GOING TO BE CLOSED IN THIS AREA FROM 9:00 FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT AT 5:00. CREWS NEED TO REMOVE AND REPLACE A 280 FOOT SECTION OF CONCRETE THAT’S BECOME DAMAGED. AND IT’S ALL PART OF THIS ONGOING FIX 50 WORK. AS YOU CAN SEE OUT OF LIVE TRACKER THREE. THIS IS A SITE THAT IS ALL TOO FAMILIAR FOR DRIVERS WHO USE THIS PORTION OF THE FREEWAY CONES ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT. AND AGAIN THIS WEEKEND THERE WILL BE A CLOSURE THAT WASN’T PART OF THE BIGGER PLAN, BUT IT IS SET FOR THIS WEEKEND SO CREWS CAN FIX THIS PORTION OF THE ROADWAY. THIS ROADWORK WAS SET TO BE FINISHED THIS MONTH, BUT NOW, ACCORDING TO CALTRANS, THAT TIMELINE HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK TO NEXT SUMMER. SO NOT WELCOME NEWS FOR DRIVERS, BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE’LL BE TRACKING FOR YOU HERE FROM LIVE TRACKER THREE. NOW BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, MELANIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT LIVE REPORT. TURNING NOW TO YOLO COUNTY, WHERE THIS WEEK, CREWS IN ESPARTA ARE PERFORMING WHAT THEY’RE CALLING CONTROLLED EXPLOSIVE DISPOSAL BY SETTING OFF UNEXPLODED FIREWORKS AT THE SITE OF LAST WEEK’S EXPLOSION AND AN ATF NATIONAL RESPONSE TEAM. CAL FIRE AND REGIONAL BOMB SQUADS ARE TRYING TO SAFELY REMOVE ALL THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. THE NEXT STEP IS TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE’S ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, BUT THEY’VE STILL GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS. NEIGHBORS SHOWED UP TO A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING WITH THEIR CONCERNS. IT WAS HORRENDOUS. THERE WAS TWO TWO BLASTS, ONE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER, AND A MUSHROOM CLOUD THAT WENT UP AT LEAST A MILE UP IN THE AIR THAT YOU COULD SEE FROM A SATELLITE. THEY SAID YOU COULD SEE IT FROM THE SATELLITE. SOME OF US ARE VERY UPSET BY WHAT’S GONE ON. IF THAT BLAST SITE HAD BEEN ANY LARGER, THE TOWN OF ESPARTA WOULD BE GONE. SO FIGURE THAT BECAUSE IT WASN’T THAT FAR AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN ESPARTA. DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THE SUPERVISORS DIDN’T ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. THEY NEVER TALKED ABOUT THE CONCERNS DURING THE MEETING EITHER. AS WE CONTINUE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS DISASTER, WE DO BRING YOU UPDATES ON AIR AND ONLINE, DOWNLOAD OUR KCRA THREE APP TO STAY UPDATED. WHEN WE DO, SEND OUT THOSE ALERTS. WELL, SEARCH AND RECOVERY EFFORTS ARE STILL UNDERWAY IN CENTRAL TEXAS, NEARLY ONE WEEK SINCE DEADLY FLASH FLOODING SWEPT THROUGH THE AREA. AT LEAST 120 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED DEAD. MORE THAN 170 ARE STILL MISSING. RESCUE CREWS ARE BATTLING CHALLENGING CONDITIONS AND HIGH TEMPERATURES AS THEY SEARCH THROUGH THE DEVASTATION, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE GUADALUPE RIVER. CRITICISM IS GROWING AGAINST THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL RESPONSE TO THE FLOODING. KERRVILLE OFFICIALS SAY THEY’RE WILLING TO FACE THE TOUGH QUESTIONS, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY’RE FOCUSED ON FINDING THE MISSING. I BELIEVE THOSE QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED TO THE FAMILY OF THE MISSING LOVED ONES, TO THE PUBLIC. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU KNOW, WE DON’T HAVE WE’RE NOT RUNNING. WE’RE NOT GOING TO HIDE FROM ANYTHING THAT’S GOING TO BE CHECKED INTO. MEANWHILE, TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT ISSUED A PROCLAMATION TO IDENTIFY ITEMS, INCLUDING LEGISLATION AIMED AT IMPROVING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS FOR FLOODING AND PROVIDING RELIEF FUNDING FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY THE FLOODING IN CENTRAL TEXAS AND RECOVERY IN NEW MEXICO ALSO CONTINUES TODAY AFTER SEVERE FLOODING HIT A TOWN THAT WAS DEVASTATED BY WILDFIRES LAST YEAR. RUIDOSO EXPERIENCED FLOODING ON TUESDAY AFTER HEAVY RAIN FELL ON BURN SCARS. THE FLOODS SWEPT AWAY HOMES, FORCED WATER RESCUES AND CLOSED SEVERAL ROADS. EMERGENCY CREWS CARRIED OUT AT LEAST 85 SWIFT WATER RESCUES IN THE RUIDOSO AREA, INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO WERE TRAPPED IN THEIR HOMES AND CARS. THREE DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR BECAUSE OF THE HISTORIC FLASH FLOODING, TWO OF WHICH WERE FOUR AND SEVEN YEAR OLD CHILDREN. WELL, TRASH PICKUP FOR REPUBLIC SERVICES CUSTOMERS IN STOCKTON WILL RESUME THIS MORNING THAT AFTER A STRIKE ON ONE OF THE LARGEST DISPOSAL COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY. CITY MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT LAST NIGHT SAYING THAT THE COMPANY IS GOING TO START WITH CUSTOMERS WHOSE REGULAR COLLECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, AND THEY SAY THE CUSTOMERS WITH WEDNESDAY SERVICE WILL SEE THE GARBAGE CARTS SERVICED ON FRIDAY AND SO ON UNTIL THE REGULAR SERVICE RESUMES AND THERE WILL BE NO TRASH PICKUP ON SUNDAY. WE DO HAVE MORE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE KCRA.COM. BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW. REPUBLIC SERVICE WORKERS IN THE TEAMSTERS UNION ARE STRIKING IN THE CITIES OF FAIRFIELD AND LATHROP. CITY LEADERS SENT OUT A WARNING TO RESIDENTS THAT THE STRIKE COULD IMPACT THEIR WASTE COLLECTION. WORKERS ARE PICKETING FOR MORE MONEY AND BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS. SO WE’RE OUT HERE FIGHTING BASICALLY FOR OUR BENEFITS, WHICH IS MEDICAL BENEFITS WAGES. WE JUST WANT OUR EMPLOYEES TO HAVE A BETTER, BETTER WAGE. SOME OF THESE EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN WORKING HERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. AND THEY’RE THEY’RE GETTING PAID. WHAT YOU KNOW, MCDONALD’S IS PAYING NOW. YOU KNOW, THEY THEY DEDICATED THEIR WHOLE LIFE TO THIS COMPANY, BASICALLY. NO WORD YET ON JUST HOW LONG THE STRIKE COULD LAST. BUT TEAMSTERS LOCAL 25 SAYS THE REPUBLIC SERVICES HAS REFUSED TO RESUME THE NEGOTIATIONS. WELL, WITH HOT WEATHER IN THE FORECAST, SACRAMENTO COUNTY WILL BE OPENING UP A WEATHER RESPITE CENTER. IT WILL BE AT THE WARREN E THORNTON YOUTH CENTER ON BRANCH CENTER ROAD. IT WILL BE OPEN TODAY AND TOMORROW FROM 1 P.M. UNTIL 8 P.M. PETS ARE ALLOWED, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE IN A CRATE AT ALL TIMES. THERE WILL ALSO BE SNACKS AND DINNER PROVIDED, AS WELL AS CHARGING STATIONS, SHOWERS AND RESTROOMS. COUNTY OFFICIALS SUGGEST CALLING 211 AHEAD OF TIME SO YOU CAN CHECK CAPACITY. IT IS 509 NOW AS WE GET A CHECK ON KCRA THREE WEATHER AND TRAFFIC EVERY TEN MINUTES AND GET READY FOR THAT HEAT. YEAH, GET READY FOR IT TODAY IN IMPACT DAY, DUE TO THE HEAT, EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND THE VALLEY 100 PLUS DEGREES. SO TAKE THOSE PRECAUTIONS WHEN YOU KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE HOT. BY PROTECTING YOUR PETS, WALKING THEM EARLIER IN THE DAY VERSUS THE MIDDLE PART OF IT. STAY HYDRATED AND LIMIT YOUR OUTDOOR TIME. IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING STRENUOUS, SUCH AS GO FOR A BIKE RIDE OR RUN OR JOG, YOU WANT TO USE THE MORNING TIME TO DO THAT. A LIVE VIEW RIGHT NOW OF THE SKY RIGHT OVER SUTTERVILLE HERE ALONG THE I-5 CORRIDOR, YOU’LL NOTICE THAT WE HAVE CONDITIONS THAT ARE QUITE CLEAR FOR THE MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO STEP UP TODAY IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. TRUCKEE AND TAHOE 89 TODAY IN POLLOCK PINES AND 88 IN ARNOLD. YOU’RE DEFINITELY GOING TO FEEL THE HEAT BUILD INTO THE AFTERNOON ALONG THE 49 STRETCH. WE HAVE IMPACTFUL HEAT SONORA TODAY 96 JACKSON 96. WE’LL HIT 96 IN PLACERVILLE AND 97 IN AUBURN. AND THEN AROUND THE DELTA AND BAY AREA SPOTS. EXPECT TO HAVE A COOL START IN THE BAY WITH THE MARINE LAYER INTACT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. BUT EVEN SAN FRANCISCO SEES THAT MARINE LAYER GO AWAY WITH A HIGH OF 72. CONCORD GETS CLOSE TO 100. IN FAIRFIELD AT 98 DEGREES. SO IF YOU HAVE LOVED ONES THAT LIVE IN THE BAY AREA, CHECK ON THEM. MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE GETTING INTO ADEQUATE COOLING, ESPECIALLY INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY WHEN THE HEAT STARTS TO BUILD. 103 TODAY IN MODESTO, 102 IN STORE FOR STOCKTON, SACRAMENTO VALLEY AND THE SUBURBS. AGAIN, A RAIN CHECK OF 100 TO 100 FOUR YUBA CITY. YOU TOP OUT AT 102 WOODLAN 101 FOLSOM IN EL DORADO HILLS, 102 ELK GROVE, A HIGH OF 101. NEXT TEN MINUTES I’LL TALK ABOUT HOW LONG NUMBERS LIKE THIS COULD BE STICKING AROUND FOR. IT IS 510 RIGHT NOW. ERIN, WHAT ARE YOU TRACKING FOR COMMUTERS? WELL, WE’RE STARTING ON THE CAUSEWAY 80 AT WEST CAPITOL, AND IT’S LOOKING SO NICELY THIS MORNING. AS WE CAN SEE, THE SUN IS STARTING TO RISE AND THE SKIES BECOMING LIT. SACRAMENTO DOING SO NICELY THIS MORNING. I KNOW IT’S 511, BUT WE’RE INCIDENT FREE REALLY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION DOWN THE FIVE AND 99 CORRIDORS, DOING WELL, EVEN DOWN INTO MODESTO STOCKTON DOING NICELY. TRACY TRIANGLE A LITTLE SLOW RIGHT NOW. THERE IS AN ACCIDENT NORTH OF THE TRACY TRIANGLE. IT IS NOT AN INJURY ACCIDENT. THAT’S WHY WE’RE NOT MENTIONING IT. IT’S NOT TECHNICALLY ON OUR LARGE ROAD SYSTEMS AND NOT IMPACTING MANY PEOPLE. TAKE A LOOK. THESE ARE YOUR DRIVE TIMES 26 MINUTES RIGHT NOW, I-5 TO FIVE, 80, 27 TO OH 5 TO 680, AND EVERYBODY ELSE ACROSS THE VIEWING AREA IS IN THE GREEN. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 511 NOW THE U.S. IS SET TO RESUME AID TO UKRAINE. U.S. WEAPONS ARE ONCE AGAIN HEADED TO UKRAINE. AFTER A PAUSE ON SOME SHIPMENTS. I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO IN WASHINGTON, WHERE THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE WHITE HOUSE SIGNED OFF O
Driver dies after being pinned in Turlock crash, going into cardiac arrest, officials say
A person died Wednesday night after a two-vehicle crash, the Modesto Fire Department said.| VIDEO ABOVE | KCRA 3 morning headlines for July 10, 2025Emergency personnel got a call around 11:25 p.m. about a crash at Geer Road and Christoffersen Parkway in the city of Turlock, the fire department said. When they arrived, crews found two vehicles and the roadway blocked.A picture shared by the fire department shows one sedan with heavy damage after crashing into what appears to be a street light.The fire department said that in one of the vehicles, the driver was pinned and went into cardiac arrest. Crews began CPR on them while also trying to pull them out. Once crews got the driver out of the vehicle, they continued CPR, but the driver died at the scene.Details on the driver’s age and gender were not released. It is also not known what led to the crash, or if alcohol or drugs were factors.The fire department said the other driver is now at a nearby hospital with minor injuries. Their age and gender were also not released. See news happening? Send us your photos or videos if it’s safe to do so at kcra.com/upload.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
A person died Wednesday night after a two-vehicle crash, the Modesto Fire Department said.
| VIDEO ABOVE | KCRA 3 morning headlines for July 10, 2025
Emergency personnel got a call around 11:25 p.m. about a crash at Geer Road and Christoffersen Parkway in the city of Turlock, the fire department said. When they arrived, crews found two vehicles and the roadway blocked.
A picture shared by the fire department shows one sedan with heavy damage after crashing into what appears to be a street light.
The fire department said that in one of the vehicles, the driver was pinned and went into cardiac arrest. Crews began CPR on them while also trying to pull them out. Once crews got the driver out of the vehicle, they continued CPR, but the driver died at the scene.
Details on the driver’s age and gender were not released. It is also not known what led to the crash, or if alcohol or drugs were factors.
The fire department said the other driver is now at a nearby hospital with minor injuries. Their age and gender were also not released.
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