Man Killed In Rollover Crash Off I-80 Near Madison Avenue
NORTH HIGHLANDS (CBS13) – A man has died in a crash on Interstate 80 early Friday morning.
The scene is on westbound I-80 just past Madison Avenue. California Highway Patrol says a little after 3 a.m. calls started coming in about "blacked-out" car on the side of the freeway.
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CHP officers found the car was in the ditch. It appeared to have rolled over several times, throwing the driver from the car and fatally injuring him.
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That driver has been identified as a 51-year-old man. His name has not been released.
Only one car appears to have been involved in the crash.
Investigators are looking into if the driver was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.