Sacramento, CA : Winton man killed after crashing into almond orchard west of Highway 59 on Thursday, November, 30th 2017

A 61-year-old man from Winton was killed on Thursday just before noon in a solo-vehicle crash outside of Snelling near Highway 59, California Highway Patrol reported.

He was driving a 1998 GNC Sierra west on Youd Road just west of Highway 59 around 11:35 a.m., Officer Eric Zuniga said. For an unknown reason he drifted to the right then to the left across both lanes rolling three times into an almond orchard.

The car hit a tree, Zuniga said, and the man was ejected and landed about 40 feet away from the vehicle.

The cause of the crash remained under investigation Thursday afternoon.

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Winton man killed after crashing into almond orchard west of Highway 59