One dead after crash in Crockett

CROCKETT, Calif. (KTVU) - One person is dead and another is injured after a crash on interstate 80 in Crockett.

It happened just after 1 a.m., near the Cummings Skyway off-ramp.

The CHP says the car took the eastbound off-ramp at a high rate of speed, crashed into a sign, drove through a field, and then went down an embankment, before overturning.

The CHP says the driver was killed and the passenger was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.