A motorist was struck and killed early Friday on the Capital City Freeway in North Sacramento after stopping to remove debris from the roadway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The crash was reported about 1:53 a.m. on the northbound lanes of the Capital City Freeway south of El Camino Avenue, said Officer Justin Fetterly, a spokesperson for the CHP’s North Sacramento office.
According to Fetterly, responding officers found a person lying in the roadway and they were pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators believe the motorist had stopped their vehicle and was attempting to remove a large piece of wood from the freeway when they were struck by a passing vehicle…