{"id":216940,"date":"2026-03-12T20:28:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/216940\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:28:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:28:10","slug":"fresno-county-highway-dui-crash-kills-21-year-old-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/216940\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Highway DUI Crash Kills 21-Year-Old Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A head-on collision on Highway 180 in Fresno County Wednesday left a 21-year-old woman dead and sent three others to the hospital, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The California Highway Patrol said the crash occurred around 4 p.m. east of Old Oak Road when a white 2021 Tesla traveling west crossed the double yellow lines and collided with an eastbound 2016 Kia Soul. The Kia Soul then went about 30 feet down a mountainside.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the Kia Soul died at the scene. The Tesla driver, a 41-year-old man, suffered major injuries and was taken to a local hospital. A 21-year-old passenger in the Tesla and two children under five, who were properly secured in rear safety seats, were also hospitalized as a precaution.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The CHP said the Tesla driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, believed to involve drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 180 was closed for roughly an hour while emergency personnel responded and investigators processed the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A head-on collision on Highway 180 in Fresno County Wednesday left a 21-year-old woman dead and sent three&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-216940","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\/216940","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=216940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}