{"id":141558,"date":"2026-01-20T14:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/141558\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:03:25","slug":"pickup-truck-driver-dies-in-fiery-crash-with-semi-truck-in-dense-fog-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/141558\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickup truck driver dies in fiery crash with semi-truck in dense fog, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A pickup truck driver was killed after crashing into a semi-truck trailer, which caused the truck to become engulfed in flames, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno police responded to a two-vehicle accident on Clovis Avenue, south of Golden State Boulevard, at approximately 7:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p> A 40-year-old man was driving a 2021 Freightliner northbound on Clovis Avenue and attempted a U-turn.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, an adult male driving a 2003 Chevrolet S-10 pickup was heading southbound on Clovis Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Police say that due to heavy fog, the Chevrolet collided with the Freightliner&#8217;s trailer. <\/p>\n<p>The semi-truck driver felt the impact and safely pulled over, but the pickup truck was still lodged underneath the trailer.<\/p>\n<p>The Chevy pickup truck became engulfed in flames while still under the trailer.<\/p>\n<p>EMS arrived at the scene and reported that the driver died at the scene. <\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/woman-killed-in-hit-and-run-in-visalia-police-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Woman killed in hit-and-run in Visalia, police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Freightliner&#8217;s driver was unharmed.<\/p>\n<p> Authorities believe heavy fog contributed to the collision, while alcohol and drugs are not suspected factors. <\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A pickup truck driver was killed after crashing into a semi-truck trailer, which caused&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-141558","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\/141558","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=141558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}