{"id":241564,"date":"2026-03-29T01:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T01:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/241564\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T01:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T01:50:08","slug":"one-dead-after-reckless-driving-crash-on-interstate-5-in-fresno-county-near-coalinga-chp-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/241564\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead after reckless driving crash on Interstate 5 in Fresno County near Coalinga, CHP says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; One person was killed Friday afternoon after a vehicle reported to be driving recklessly crashed along Interstate 5 in Fresno County, according to the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The CHP said they received a call at about 2:11 p.m. on March 27, 2026, reporting a reckless driving vehicle traveling southbound on Interstate 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A check of the vehicle&#8217;s license plate showed it was associated with a previously reported stolen vehicle out of Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officers responded and attempted to locate the vehicle, but before they were able to catch up, the suspect lost control and the vehicle overturned on the shoulder of southbound Interstate 5, south of Derrick Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The driver exited the vehicle following the crash and was immediately taken into custody. The driver sustained moderate to major injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">CHP said the rear passenger was ejected during the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The crash remains under investigation by the CHP.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; One person was killed Friday afternoon after a vehicle reported to be driving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[108489,108484,108486,112,108483,114,113,108482,108485,108487,108488],"class_list":{"0":"post-241564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-108489","9":"tag-chp-coalinga","10":"tag-derrick-avenue-crash","11":"tag-fresno","12":"tag-fresno-county-fatal-crash","13":"tag-fresno-headlines","14":"tag-fresno-news","15":"tag-interstate-5-crash","16":"tag-reckless-driving-i-5","17":"tag-rollover-crash-fresno-county","18":"tag-stolen-vehicle-i-5"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241564","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=241564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}