Sacramento, CA : 1 dead in crash south of Newman on Friday, December 2nd, 2016

-A Newark teenager died in a crash south of Newman Friday morning.

Andrew Pereira, 19, was traveling at "an unsafe speed" northbound on Canal School Road from Highway 33 at about 7:50 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.

He allowed the Mazda he was driving to cross over a double yellow line into the southbound lane where its left fender hit the left fender and front bumper of a Ford traveling south.

The Mazda spun to face south and the Ford was knocked onto nearby railroad tracks. The railroad was notified and train traffic was stopped for a short time.

Pereira died at the scene. The driver of the Ford, 28-year-old Scott Viveiros, of Turlock, was not injured.

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1 dead in crash south of Newman