Officials release name of 2 or 3 people killed in Highway 99, California

Officials have released the names of two of the three people killed in a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 99 south of Elverta Road earlier in the week.

California Highway Patrol (CHP) said, around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, an SUV and sedan were involved in a crash along northbound Highway 99 just south of Elverta Road. Officials said the sedan, was rear-ended by an SUV. Then after a few minutes later, a 30-foot rental truck rear-ended the sedan again.

All three people inside the sedan were declared dead at the scene, CHP said.

On Friday, the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office identified two of the victims: 67-year-old Antelope resident Nitya Raju (the sedan driver) and 68-year-old Sacramento resident Masla mani (one of the passengers).

The name of the third passenger who died in the crash has not been released, but CHP identified her as a 62-year-old woman from Fiji.

Lanes of the highway were shut for some hours while the crash was investigated and the automobiles and debris were removed from the roadway.

Investigators said alcohol and drugs played no role in the crash.