A driver escaped injury Monday evening after their car left Garden Highway and ended up in Steelhead Creek near Truxel Road. The driver was outside the vehicle and taken to a hospital afterward as a precaution.
Sacramento police officers responded to a report of a vehicle leaving the roadway near Garden Highway and Truxel Road around 5:50 p.m., according to FOX40. The car was in the water, and the driver was outside it and uninjured.
The driver was taken to a hospital as a precautionary measure, the outlet reported. Beyond the time, location and outcome, few other details about Monday's incident have been released, including what caused the vehicle to leave the roadway in the first place.
A Stretch Of Road With A Troubled Recent History
This is not the first time a vehicle has gone off course along Garden Highway near the water. Last September, part of the road was shut down after a car ran off the roadway downhill and into a fence, Sacramento police said at the time, according to a separate FOX40 News report. A fatal crash and fire also occurred on Garden Highway, the outlet reported.
The waterway itself has posed its own hazards. In February 2025, Sacramento crews rescued several people who became trapped by rising water along Steelhead Creek, according to KCRA.
A Separate 2024 Case Involved A Police Chase
The Garden Highway and Truxel Road area has also been the scene of at least one police pursuit. In September 2024, Sacramento police said officers began chasing a suspect around 2 a.m. for a traffic-related violation, according to CBS Sacramento. Police said the suspect in that case crashed near Truxel Road and Garden Highway before running into nearby water, then got out on their own and was taken into custody and transported to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, per that report.
No further information about Monday's incident, including the driver's identity or what led the vehicle to leave the roadway, has been released.
