SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) - On January 15, 2020 at approximately 9:50 pm, The California Highway Patrol (CHP) received a call of a vehicle vs. pedestrian traffic collision on SR-51 northbound, north of Watt Avenue.  CHP officers responded to the collision scene and learned that a 12-year old female juvenile out of Sacramento had run across the northbound lanes of SR-51 and had been struck by a 2009 Lexus, driven by a 40 year old woman out of Sacramento, that was traveling in the #1 lane of SR-51 Northbound, just north of the Watt Avenue overcrossing   The 12 year old juvenile was following a 16 year old female that had run across the northbound lanes and was standing in the center median of SR-51 Northbound.  The driver of the Lexus was unable to avoid the 12-year-old juvenile as she ran in front of the Lexus and after she was struck she came rest in the center median of the freeway.  The driver of the Lexus remained on scene, cooperated with the investigating officers and there is no suspicion that drugs or alcohol was a factor in this collision. After the collision an off-duty doctor and passing ambulance stopped to render emergency aid until relieved by Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Department (SMFD) who responded to the scene. The juvenile was pronounced dead at the scene by SMFD personnel at 10:08 pm. The northbound lanes of SR-51 were closed at 10:05 pm until approximately 11:26 pm to investigate the collision and scene processing.  Witnesses remained on scene and the cause of the collision is under investigation.

Any persons who may have witnessed this collision or who can provide any additional information regarding this collision should call Officer Greg Zumstein or Officer A.J. McTaggart at the North Sacramento Area CHP office at (916) 348-2300 by cell phone at (916) 798-0975.