Crime & Safety

Crash Kills Go-Kart Driver

Police are investigating the Saturday evening accident on Bowmont Way.

Police are investigating a fatal crash between a go-kart and a pickup truck that took place on Bowmont Way Saturday evening.

The two vehicles collided just before 6:00 p.m. as they were traveling in opposite directions on Bowmont, which lies just off Bruceville Road between Elk Grove Blvd and Laguna Blvd. The crash critically injured the go-kart driver, 33-year-old Daniel Gordon Orth of Sacramento, and he later passed away at a local hospital, police said.

Police did not identify the driver of the pickup truck but said he was not injured.

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Anyone with information about the accident can contact the Elk Grove Police Department Traffic Bureau at (916) 478-8148.


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