One killed after driver loses control of speeding SUV in Modesto crash

One person was killed after an SUV overturned on Parker Road in Modesto late Saturday afternoon, Modesto Police reported.

The solo vehicle crash was reported at 5:10 p.m., police said, beginning at the railroad tracks at Santa Fe Avenue and ending near Church Street.

According to Sgt Lance Nicolai, the SUV was traveling east on Parker Road at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control over the railroad tracks.

The vehicle traveled out of control for a long distance before it crashed into a retaining wall on the south side of Parker and then overturned, Nicolai said.

The driver was killed and the three passengers in the SUV were transported to a hospital with minor injuries, he said.

No other details were available Saturday evening.

Nicolai said anyone with information on the accident can contact Traffic Investigator Randy Raduechel at 209-572-9500 and ask for the traffic unit.

This story was originally published August 10, 2019 at 7:27 PM with the headline "One killed after driver loses control of speeding SUV in Modesto crash."