{"id":268519,"date":"2026-04-15T04:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T04:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/268519\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T04:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T04:27:21","slug":"fresno-man-faces-murder-charges-after-deadly-dui-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/268519\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno man faces murder charges after deadly DUI crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Fresno man who allegedly ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle outside Fresno Yosemite Airport is now facing a murder charge.<\/p>\n

Joseph Douglas Gray, 32, is accused of causing a deadly DUI crash just after midnight on April 10<\/a> at Chestnut and Dakota avenues after officers said he drove a Dodge Charger through a red light at a high-rate of speed and struck a Chevy Cruze so violently that the vehicle wrapped around a pole and pinned a woman in the car and ejected the driver.<\/p>\n

The driver of the Cruze eventually died from his injuries and the woman suffered major injuries.<\/p>\n

Gray had a blood-alcohol concentration higher than 0.13, according to the Fresno County District Attorney\u2019s Office. It is illegal in California to drive if one\u2019s blood alcohol concentrate is 0.08% or higher<\/a> for those who are over 21 years old.<\/p>\n

Authorities said Gray been convicted recently of DUI in Los Angeles County, on Dec. 5. He also has two prior felony convictions, the DA\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

In addition, he has been arrested twice on suspicion of DUI in Fresno County, on Sept. 13, 2024 and on Dec. 5 \u2013 the same day he was placed on probation in L.A. County for the DUI conviction. He failed to appear in his prior Fresno County court appearances, the DA\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n

Gray faces a sentence of eight years and eight months in state prison, followed by an additional term of 15 years to life.<\/p>\n

He also was charged with animal cruelty after three puppies were found in his vehicle at the time of the crash. One of the puppies suffered serious injuries.<\/p>\n

\"Authorities Authorities responded to a crash near the Fresno airport on Friday, April 10, 2026. ANTHONY GALAVIZ agalaviz@fresnobee.com \"Fresno Fresno Airport Police, Fresno Police Department and Fresno Fire Department responded after a vehicle collided with another car and went through an airport fence on Friday, April 10, 2026. ANTHONY GALAVIZ agalaviz@fresnobee.com <\/p>\n

This story was originally published April 14, 2026 at 7:59 AM.<\/p>\n

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Bryant-Jon Anteola is a multimedia reporter for The Fresno Bee, writing stories and producing videos about sports, news and random topics relatable to those in the Fresno area. He\u2019s won a McClatchy President\u2019s Award and received honorable mention by the Associated Press Sports Editors. He enjoys sports because of the competition, camaraderie and energy, and views sports as a microcosm of society.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Fresno man who allegedly ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle outside Fresno Yosemite Airport…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-268519","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\/268519","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=268519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}