{"id":227044,"date":"2026-03-19T15:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/227044\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:31:09","slug":"fresno-county-crash-leaves-one-dead-chp-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/227044\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Crash Leaves One Dead, CHP Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A passenger was killed Wednesday afternoon in a head-on crash at an intersection in Fresno County, according to the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded around 3:30 p.m. to the collision at Central and DeWolf avenues. A preliminary investigation found a Ford F-250 traveling eastbound on Central Avenue slowed to make a left turn onto northbound DeWolf Avenue, while a Toyota Camry was traveling westbound toward the same intersection.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said the driver of the Ford turned left in front of the oncoming Toyota, failing to yield the right-of-way. The Toyota driver braked but was unable to avoid the crash, striking the right front of the Ford.<\/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 driver and passenger in the Ford, both wearing seatbelts, were not injured.<\/p>\n<p>The Toyota driver, who was also wearing a seatbelt, suffered major injuries. After the crash, he attempted to flee on foot but collapsed a short distance away in a nearby orchard due to his injuries, officers said.<\/p>\n<p>The Toyota\u2019s right front passenger, who was not wearing a seatbelt, sustained critical injuries and died at the scene, CHP said.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing.<\/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 passenger was killed Wednesday afternoon in a head-on crash at an intersection in Fresno County, according to&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":["post-227044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227044","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=227044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227044\/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=227044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}