DoorDash driver falls asleep at wheel on Highway 20, crashes vehicle, killing passenger

Andrew Sheeler
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A DoorDash driver fell asleep at the wheel, causing his vehicle to crash into a series of trees, killing a female passenger in the vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The incident occurred at 2:45 a.m. Saturday on State Highway 20, near the South Ponderosa overcrossing west of Grass Valley.

Josiah Moncrieff, a 35-year-old Grass Valley man, was driving a DoorDash delivery in his 2007 Acura TL, along with a 35-year-old female passenger when he fell asleep at the wheel, causing the vehicle to leave the north side of the highway and strike a series of trees, according to the CHP.

A Penn Valley Fire Department ambulance happened upon the scene and paramedics pronounced the female passenger deceased. Her name was not released.

Moncrieff suffered major injuries and was airlifted to Sutter Roseville Medical Center.

Both the driver and passenger were wearing seatbelts, and there is no suspicion of drug or alcohol involvement in the crash.

The CHP investigation is ongoing.