{"id":220666,"date":"2026-03-15T11:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T11:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/220666\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T11:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T11:33:10","slug":"fatal-pedestrian-collision-in-madera-under-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/220666\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal pedestrian collision in Madera under investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/madera crash fatal.jpg\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" title=\"A 66-year-old pedestrian was killed in Madera on Saturday, March 14, 2026.\" alt=\"A 66-year-old pedestrian was killed in Madera on Saturday, March 14, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A 66-year-old pedestrian was killed in Madera on Saturday, March 14, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>            Madera Police Department<\/p>\n<p>A 66-year-old pedestrian was killed Saturday in Madera.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to the fatality at 6:50 p.m. at Vineyard and E. 6th Street.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said a vehicle drove east on E. 6th Street, briefly stopped at the stop sign at Vineyard Avenue, then proceeded through the intersection as the pedestrian walked north in the west crosswalk.<\/p>\n<p>The driver struck the pedestrian and stopped. Police said the pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was cooperative and remained on the scene, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear if drugs or alcohol are a factor.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773574390_39_Anthony Galaviz headshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Anthony Galaviz\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Galaviz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Anthony Galaviz writes about sports for The Fresno Bee. He covers the Las Vegas Raiders, high schools, boxing, MMA and junior colleges. He\u2019s been with The Bee since 1997 and attended Fresno City College before graduating from Fresno State with a major in journalism and a minor in criminology.<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/fresnobee.com\/subscribe&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;\" style=\"color: #5169B8; text-transform: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support my work with a digital subscription<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 66-year-old pedestrian was killed in Madera on Saturday, March 14, 2026. Madera Police Department A 66-year-old pedestrian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113,100957,100959,100958],"class_list":{"0":"post-220666","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","11":"tag-madera-pedestrian-death","12":"tag-pedestrian-struck-and-killed","13":"tag-vineyard-and-e-6th-street-crash"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220666","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=220666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}