By Loretta Kalb
lkalb@sacbee.com
One motorist is dead and another suffered minor injuries shortly before 12:30 p.m. today in a head-on collision involving a cement truck and a pickup truck, Elk Grove law enforcement officials said.
Elk Grove Police spokesman Officer Christopher Trim said the driver of the white pickup truck was headed north on Bradshaw Road when he drove across the double-yellow line into the southbound lane of traffic and into the path of the cement truck.
The impact with the cement truck occurred on Bradshaw north of Elk Grove Boulevard, Trim said in an interview.
"He was dead at the scene," Trim said. "We're not sure what caused him to veer across the roadway. But we're getting a statement from the cement truck driver."
Tracey Hansen, chief of the Fire Department for the Cosumnes Community Services District, said the driver of the cement truck suffered minor injuries.
Trim said the Police Department's fatal accident response team was investigating the crash.
The department is seeking witnesses to the crash, which drew people from their semi-rural area homes immediately after impact, he said.
Anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to call the department at (916) 714-5115.
The vehicles carried no passengers. The identities of the two drivers were not available.
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