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A motorist was killed in a multi-vehicle collision and fire on Elkhorn Boulevard in Rio Linda on Friday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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As many as five cars were involved in the 2:01 p.m. collision in the 2100 block of Elkhorn near 20th Street, according to CHP dispatch logs.
Within minutes of the first calls to CHP officers, a motorist was said to be trapped inside a vehicle. A car ignited at 2:07 p.m., six minutes after the initial call, stopping traffic as Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District crews headed to the scene. Traffic was later diverted onto nearby 22nd Street.
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Sacramento County coroner’s officials were called to scene just before 2:30 p.m., the dispatch logs showed.
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