ELK GROVE (CBS13) – Two people were killed in a crash on Interstate 5 just south of Elk Grove Sunday night, authorities say.
California Highway Patrol says, around 9 p.m., traffic was stopped in the southbound lanes for another crash near Hood-Franklin Road. For an unknown reason, a Nissan sedan slammed into the back of the big rig at 70 miles per hour without hitting the brakes.
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Southbound I-5 was closed for a time but was back open by 11 p.m.
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