One driver dead, another with major injuries after suspected DUI wrong-way crash on HWY 41

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) — A driver is dead after a wrong-way crash early Wednesday morning in Fresno County.

CHP Fresno says officers were called out to Highway 41 near Elkhorn Avenue around 1:17 a.m. for reports of a crash.

Initial investigations show that a driver in a Chevrolet Silverado was traveling the wrong way, southbound in the northbound lanes of Highway 41.

The Silverado then hit a Ford F-150 traveling northbound.

Both drivers had major injuries and were flown to the hospital.

The wrong-way driver was later pronounced dead.

Impairment is suspected as a possible contributing factor in this crash.

The crash is still under investigation.