Crockett, CA — March 27, 2025,One person was killed following an 18-wheeler accident that occurred at around 3:50 A.M. on I-80.

Authorities are investigating after an 18 wheeler accident left one person dead during the early morning of March 28th. According to official statements, an accident involving three vehicles, one of them a tractor trailer, occurred in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 in Crockett, near the exit for Pomona Street and currently there is little information available as to how the crash occurred given how recent the accident is.

What we do know however is when first responders arrived on the scene, they found that one person had sustained fatal injuries and they were pronounced deceased, though it is currently unknown if anyone else involved suffered injuries. Currently there has been no further information released from the accident, however this remains an ongoing investigation and more details may be released by authorities in the future.

Commentary by Attorney Michael Grossman

When a crash involves multiple vehicles and an 18-wheeler, there's always more to the story than what’s initially reported. That’s especially true when one person has lost their life and very little is known about how the crash unfolded. What matters most right now isn’t who was involved, but how the events actually occurred—and that requires more than what’s visible at the crash scene.

Based on what’s been shared so far, we know this happened on Interstate 80 near Crockett and involved three vehicles, including a commercial truck. In crashes like this, it's tempting to assume one vehicle caused the pileup, but experience tells me it's rarely that simple. One driver may have made the initial mistake, but whether that mistake was avoidable, whether others had time to react, and whether the commercial truck was operated properly in the seconds leading up to the crash—all of that takes time and evidence to sort out.

The legal implications in a case like this turn on small but important details: Was the truck speeding or following too closely? Did one of the other drivers cut into traffic or make an unsafe maneuver? Was anyone distracted? None of that can be answered just by looking at where the vehicles ended up. You need ECM data from the truck, dash cam or traffic camera footage, and any witness statements taken before memories fade.

I've seen more than a few cases where the initial police report failed to capture the true cause of a crash, simply because investigators didn’t have access to the full picture. And when someone has died, stopping short of that full picture means there’s a risk the wrong party could be blamed—or no one at all. That's not just a problem in terms of fairness, it's a problem in terms of preventing future crashes like this one.

Until all of that evidence has been gathered and reviewed, the only responsible conclusion anyone can draw is that more work needs to be done. Anything short of that risks turning a serious investigation into a guessing game, and that’s not how accountability works.