Young Woman Dies in Early Morning Car Accident

Police are investigating the cause of an early morning accident involving a trio of young adults that left a woman dead and sent two men to the hospital with minor injuries.

The woman – whose name hasn't been released by the Sacramento County Coroner's Office, pending next of kin notification – appeared to have been in the backseat of a 1995 Toyota Camry when it went off Power Inn Road and crashed into several trees before overturning and coming to rest on its roof.

The collision occurred at 1:28 a.m. on the 8400 block of Power Inn Road. This is the third fatal vehicle accident in Elk Grove this year, according to Spokesman and Officer Chris Trim. The male driver and a male passenger were taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries and the EGPD is asking that anyone with information on the collision phone its Traffic Bureau at (916) 478-8148.

Police are investigating all factors – including the speed which the car was traveling southbound on Power Inn Road, and whether drugs and/or alcohol were involved – but as of late Monday  morning, hadn't determined the cause, Trim said.

But weather doesn't appear to have been a cause, he said, as it was relatively clear and the streets dry in the early morning.