8-Year-Old Boy Pronounced Dead, Girl Hospitalized after Auto Collision near 65th Street

SACRAMENTO, CA (February 15, 2024) – Sunday afternoon, Alexander Cooper died, and Jasmine Cooper was hurt in a car accident on Highway 50.

Authorities responded to the scene around 4:35 p.m., on the westbound lanes of the freeway just east of 65th Street.

Officers received calls regarding a black Toyota that sustained a blown out tire on the freeway. The driver then took her two children to the center median for safety and called for help.

Shortly after, the 30-year-old male driver of a Ford was traveling at an unsafe speed and attempted to avoid hitting the disabled vehicle by veering left. However, the Ford struck the two children who were standing in the center median.

Medics arrived and pronounced 8-year-old Alexander dead at the scene. Meanwhile, paramedics transported 9-year-old Jasmine to a nearby hospital for treatment of broken legs.

Following preliminary duties, the mother of the two children, Yari Quirarte, says she was traveling with her children to a Super Bowl party in Sacramento from Rancho Cordova when her vehicle’s tire blew out.

The loved ones of Alexander Cooper set up a GoFundMe page to help with costs during this time.

No words can mend the broken hearts and sorrow felt during this delicate moment. Our deepest condolences and sympathies are with the family of Alexander Cooper.

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