(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba City Police Department reports officers were dispatched yesterday morning at around 8:00, to a vehicle crashing into a light pole at Colusa Highway & Rocco Way.

Upon arriving police encountered a Toyota Rav 4 on fire. The fire was extinguished and the driver, Jeff Ross, was extracted and transported to the emergency room “with significant injuries” according to a press release. A female passenger, whose identity has not been released, was confirmed deceased at the scene.

Evidence obtained at the scene shows Ross was driving “at a high rate of speed” east on Colusa Highway prior to hitting the light pole.