PROPOSAL CLOSES, AND THAT’S COMING UP ON APRIL 21ST. ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A LIGHT RAIL TRAIN HIT THEIR CAR. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THAT THEY TRIED TO DRIVE AROUND A CROSSING ARM AT THE TIME THAT CRASH HAPPENED NEAR FOLSOM BOULEVARD AND MILLS PARK DRIVE AROUND 520 THIS AFTERNOON. THAT’S THE SCENE RIGHT THERE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE TO THAT CAR. AND SACRAMENTO SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES SAY THAT THREE PEOPLE WERE IN THAT CAR AT THE TIME. WHEN IT WENT AROUND THE GATE, WHILE THE SIGNAL WAS ACTIVE, ALL THREE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE ONE OF THEM DIED. THE OTHER TWO SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES. DEPUTIES SAY THAT THEY’RE NOW WORKING TO SEE WHY THE VEHICLE TRIED TO DRIVE AROUND THAT GATE. WE’RE WORKING WITH REGIONAL TRANSIT RIGHT NOW TO ESTABLISH EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED SO THAT WE CAN GET A FULL PICTURE OF THE INVESTIGATION. THE LIGHT RAIL WAS SHUT DOWN AND
1 dead, 2 injured after light rail train hits vehicle in Rancho Cordova
Updated: 11:14 PM PDT Apr 16, 2026
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One person was killed and two others were injured in a crash involving a light rail train and another vehicle in Rancho Cordova on Thursday, according to the a spokesperson with the Rancho Cordova Police Department.The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said the vehicle went around the crossing arms and got in the path of the light rail, leading to the crash, which happened at Folsom Boulevard and Mills Park Drive. All three people in the vehicle were taken to the hospital and one of them was later pronounced dead. Officials said nobody on the train was hurt. It is unclear why the driver of the vehicle that was hit drove around the crossing arms. The Rancho Cordova Police Department is investigating the crash. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. —
One person was killed and two others were injured in a crash involving a light rail train and another vehicle in Rancho Cordova on Thursday, according to the a spokesperson with the Rancho Cordova Police Department.
The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said the vehicle went around the crossing arms and got in the path of the light rail, leading to the crash, which happened at Folsom Boulevard and Mills Park Drive.
All three people in the vehicle were taken to the hospital and one of them was later pronounced dead. Officials said nobody on the train was hurt.
It is unclear why the driver of the vehicle that was hit drove around the crossing arms.
The Rancho Cordova Police Department is investigating the crash.
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