NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – A Middletown man died on Friday night as the result of a crash that involved five vehicles and injured several people in Rancho Cordova.
Ivan Cecil Calvin, 51, died in the crash, the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office confirmed to Lake County News on Monday.
In a report issued by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office – which contracts with the Rancho Cordova Police Department – the agency explained that the crash occurred just before 11:15 p.m. Friday, April 26, at the intersection of Folsom and Sunrise boulevards, resulting in the closure of streets in the area for several hours.
Rancho Cordova Police officers and Sacramento County Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the location in response to numerous calls from people reporting the crash, officials reported.
Officials said preliminary information suggested that a Volvo sedan – driven by Calvin – was traveling westbound on Folsom Boulevard at an extremely high rate of speed when it collided with a Range Rover SUV traveling southbound on Folsom Boulevard through the intersection.
The collision initiated a chain reaction in which three other passenger vehicles were struck, the sheriff’s office said.
Calvin was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the report.
The sheriff’s office said a 4-year-old boy who was a passenger in the Range Rover was ejected from the vehicle and thrown into the street. He sustained injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.
The driver of the SUV, the child and occupants from three other vehicles all were transported to area hospitals for treatment of their injuries, which were not reported to be life-threatening, officials said.
The report said the crash remains under investigation by the Rancho Cordova Police Department's Traffic Motor Unit.