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CHP: At 1 Killed After Garbage Truck Goes Down Embankment, Striking Car

WILTON (CBS13) - A crash near Wilton that left at least one person dead Tuesday afternoon.

The scene was on Wilton Road, south of Grant Line Road and just north of the Cosumnes River.

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Scene of the crash on Wilton Road near Elk Grove. (Credit: CBS13)

A California Highway Patrol official says, a little after 1 p.m. Tuesday, a garbage truck went down the embankment and collided with a Toyota. The driver of the Toyota, later identified as 75-year-old Wilton resident Patricia Pfister, was killed in the crash.

Wilton Road was closed at Green Road on the westbound side and at Grant Line road for eastbound traffic.

The road has since been reopened.

 

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