Driver struck and killed by semi truck after being ejected in I-80 crash near Auburn
AUBURN – A woman has died after she was ejected from her vehicle and hit by a semi-truck on Interstate 80 in Auburn late Wednesday night.
California Highway Patrol says, a little before midnight, officers responded to the westbound side of the freeway to investigate a possible pedestrian being struck by a vehicle crash.
There, first responders found that a vehicle had actually crashed into the center divide and concrete post of the Nevada Street bridge near Highway 49 – ejecting the driver. Officers say the driver was then struck by a semi.
Investigators say the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. Her name has not been released.
CHP is still looking into whether drugs or alcohol were factors in the crash.
