{"id":259276,"date":"2026-04-09T12:25:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/259276\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T12:25:31","slug":"driver-suspected-of-dui-hit-by-red-light-runner-in-crash-that-killed-fresno-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/259276\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver suspected of DUI hit by red-light runner in crash that killed Fresno woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of DUI following a fatal crash on Clovis Avenue in Fresno County, though it\u2019s not considered the primary factor in the collision, California Highway Patrol said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a news release sent Wednesday, CHP said the crash happened around 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 3 when a Ford Expedition traveling north on Clovis entered the North Avenue intersection \u201cagainst a red signal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It collided with a Mercedes-Benz CLA250 that had been heading west and sustained \u201csignificant damage\u201d as it came to rest in the center divider.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A passenger in the Expedition died at the scene despite life-saving measures, CHP said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She was identified by the Fresno County Coroner\u2019s Office as Ana Salcedo Jimenez, 44, of Fresno.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The driver of the Expedition had \u201cmoderate injuries and was transported for medical treatment,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The driver of the Mercedes-Benz was determined to be under the influence of alcohol and was arrested, according to the CHP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It is unclear if he was injured in the crash, or booked into county jail, but following a preliminary investigation the driver of the Ford was believed \u201cto be the primary collision factor,\u201d the CHP said, \u201cfor failing to stop at a red traffic signal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 24-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of DUI following a fatal crash on Clovis Avenue in Fresno&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[859,8296,114365,112,622,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-259276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-california-highway-patrol","9":"tag-fatal-crash","10":"tag-ford-expedition","11":"tag-fresno","12":"tag-fresno-county","13":"tag-fresno-headlines","14":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259276","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=259276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}