Driver declared dead after being pulled from vehicle following Elk Grove crash
ELK GROVE — A driver was declared dead after being pulled from a vehicle following a crash in Elk Grove on Monday night.
It happened shortly after 8 p.m. along Elk Grove Boulevard near Interstate 5. Elk Grove police said the driver, 34-year-old Robert Hanson, was exiting from northbound I-5 onto Elk Grove Boulevard when, according to witnesses, he drifted into the center median of the boulevard and struck a tree.
The Cosumnes Fire Department said it was a single-vehicle crash and no one else was in the vehicle.
The cause of the crash is under investigation. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor.
Both directions of Elk Grove Boulevard were closed in addition to the entrance and exit ramps for I-5.
