Sacramento , CA : Three adults Killed in Crash after wrong-way black sedan driver and Cars collided along Eastboun lanes Interstate 80 On Saturday , January 10th 2015

As three Granite Bay young adults headed home from a night of dancing early Saturday, a nightmare scenario was racing toward them on Interstate 80 – a wrong-way driver in a black sedan with its lights off.

Authorities believe the wrong-way driver entered the roadway at the Antelope Road interchange. Motorists called 911. But before California Highway Patrol units could reach the westbound 2006 Chrysler 300, it crashed head-on into the trio’s car, a 1994 Buick Regal driven by Matthew Azar, 20.

The cars collided at 2:10 a.m. on eastbound Interstate 80 near the Madison Avenue exit. Pronounced dead at the scene were Azar, Kendra Langham, 18, and Mathew Beardwitt, 18. The CHP said all three people in the Buick were wearing seat belts.

“It would have been very difficult (to see) with a black vehicle, blacked out,” said Chad Hertzell, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol. “It would have been difficult for the best driver out there.”

Aaron Jordon Caudillo, 24, of Roseville was driving the wrong-way vehicle. Caudillo remained hospitalized Saturday at Mercy San Juan and will likely face charges, Hertzell said.

“We do know that alcohol and/or drugs were onboard,” said Hertzell, who added that a large bottle of rum was recovered from Caudillo’s vehicle. Hertzell said toxicology results will be rushed to help the district attorney decide on any charges against Caudillo.

“He’s going to be at the hospital for a while, probably a few days,” Hertzell said.

Caudillo’s family, who had gathered at his parents’ west Roseville home, declined comment Saturday.


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CHP identifies 3 killed by wrong-way driver on I-80