A collision in Sacramento between a tractor-trailer and a pickup truck on northbound Interstate 5 near Sutterville Road killed the pickup’s driver Saturday morning in a fiery crash that closed that direction of the highway.
The crash on I-5 just north of Sutterville Road happened just after 7 a.m., according to California Highway Patrol dispatchers, when the drivers of a semi-trailer and a Toyota Tacoma truck collided. The pickup truck caught fire on impact, trapping its driver inside. It is not immediately known what caused the crash.
The truck became fully engulfed and the semi-trailer had also caught fire as CHP officers blocked the interstate at Fruitridge Road…