{"id":109912,"date":"2025-12-26T21:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T21:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/109912\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T21:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T21:35:09","slug":"driver-killed-in-crash-on-christmas-morning-in-fresno-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/109912\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver killed in crash on Christmas morning in Fresno County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26)  \u2014 A man was killed in an early morning crash on Christmas Day in Fresno County.<\/p>\n<p>It happened around 12:30 a.m. on Henderson Road, between Floral and Rose Avenues, near Caruthers in Fresno County. <\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/wet-weather-and-holiday-rush-lead-to-increase-in-valley-road-crashes-warns-chp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wet weather and holiday rush lead to increase in Valley road crashes, warns CHP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The California Highway Patrol reported that the driver of a Ford sedan lost control after hitting standing water on the roadway, causing the vehicle to veer off and collide with a tree in an orchard. <\/p>\n<p>The driver, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene. <\/p>\n<p>CHP is investigating whether alcohol or drugs played a role in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities urge drivers to slow down in wet conditions, watch for standing water, and always wear seat belts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A man was killed in an early morning crash on Christmas Day in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-109912","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}