{"id":256850,"date":"2026-04-08T02:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/256850\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T02:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:54:15","slug":"childs-body-found-in-canal-miles-away-from-crash-that-killed-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/256850\/","title":{"rendered":"Child’s body found in canal miles away from crash that killed mother"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A mother and her 9-year-old son are dead after a crash into a canal on Monday morning in Fresno.<\/p>\n

The crash was at McKinley Avenue and Fresno Street, near Highway 41.<\/p>\n

A mother and her 9-year-old son are dead after a crash into a canal on Monday morning in Fresno (FOX26).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Fresno Police Department says officers were first called out to a crash around 1:57 a.m.<\/p>\n

\"Mckinley<\/p>\n

Mckinley Avenue closed near HWY 41 after crash (Photo: FOX26 photojournalist Byron Solorio)<\/p>\n

When officers arrived, they found one vehicle in the road with no one inside and another vehicle in the canal with a woman inside.<\/p>\n

Officers pulled her out and attempted life-saving measures before rushing the woman to the hospital.<\/p>\n

The woman, identified as 41-year-old Martha Hernandez of Fresno, died at the hospital.<\/p>\n

Hours later, the body of a child was found near H Street and Arroyo Street.<\/p>\n

\"Distance<\/p>\n

Distance between the two scenes (Courtesy: Google Maps)<\/p>\n

Officers originally thought the two scenes were unrelated, but confirmed the child had been in the car with Hernandez.<\/p>\n

He was identified as 9-year-old Adrian Hernandez, the son of Martha Hernandez.<\/p>\n

Sky view of crash into a canal that killed one woman (FOX26 photojournalist Byron Solorio)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The crash is under investigation.<\/p>\n

Sky view of crash into a canal that killed one woman (FOX26 photojournalist Byron Solorio)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Police say the suspected driver of the other car, 22-year-old Timothy Seth Chavez<\/a>, turned himself in at the Fresno County Jail.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to call the Fresno Police Department at (559) 621-7000.<\/p>\n

You can also remain anonymous by calling (559) 498-STOP.<\/p>\n

Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n

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A GoFundMe has been set up for the funerals of Martha and Adrian, and for her surviving son. Click here<\/a> if you would like to contribute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A mother and her 9-year-old son are dead after a crash into a canal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-256850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256850","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=256850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}