FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) — A woman is dead and a male driver was arrested after a DUI crash into a canal on Thursday night in Fresno County.
CHP Fresno says officers were called out around 11:25 p.m. to Jensen Avenue, just east of Navelencia Avenue for reports of a crash into the Friant-Kern Canal.
When officers and EMS arrived, they investigated and found out that three people were in a Dodge Challenger when it crashed into the canal.
Two men were able to escape, and get out of the water, but a female passenger was still missing.
A CAL FIRE water rescue team searched and found the 25-year-old woman downstream.
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She was removed from the water and life-saving measures were performed.
She was rushed to the hospital but was later pronounced dead.
The woman was identified as Wendy Rivera Gonzalez.
The driver, 22-year-old Alexander Alcocer, was determined to be under the influence and was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence causing injury, as well as gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.
Officers later found out the car driving recklessly in a dirt lot across from the canal.
The dust made it to where the driver could not see, and he drove into the canal.
The crash is still under investigation.
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Alcocer was arrested and has a bail set at $260,000.