(FOX40.COM) — Two people who were killed in a Northern California car crash on Sunday have been identified as parents, including a fire battalion chief. Their two children were left injured in the crash. • Video Above: What to do if you witness a crash
Around 3:11 p.m. on Sunday, the California Highway Patrol responded to Highway 50 east of Kyburz in El Dorado County for a solo car crash. Inside the vehicle were a man, a woman, an 8-year-old child, and an 11-year-old child. CHP said the adults were the children’s parents and were pronounced dead at the scene. The children were flown to a hospital with major injuries.
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The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Coroner Division identified the victims as Ryan Paul Rizzuto, 42, of Reno, and Danielle Marie Rizzuto, 41, of Reno. Ryan Rizzuto was a Fire Battalion Chief at the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District in the Tahoe area.
“Our entire TCFPD family is grieving this unexpected loss,” the fire district said on social media…