11-year-old boy from Sacramento dies in crash on Highway 50 near Riverton
Submitted by paula on Thu, 12/29/2016 - 10:17pm
An 11-year-old boy was killed and three other people were injured when a BMW went off Highway 50 in El Dorado County, the California Highway Patrol said.
The crash happened about 12 a.m. Wednesday on westbound Highway 50 near Riverton Court when a 33-year-old man driving a BMW lost control of his vehicle as he was making a turn, officers said. The driver tried to apply his breaks when the wheel locked causing the car to go off the road.
Placerville CHP Sgt. Chris Davis said the speed limit in this area is 55 mph, but that night it was dropped to 45 as a precaution.
The BMW became airborne and went down a rocky embankment, hitting several large rocks before overturning multiple times and landing on its roof. The driver and his son, 11, became trapped inside the BMW, according to investigators.
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