{"id":273409,"date":"2026-04-18T00:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/273409\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T00:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:18:08","slug":"semi-runs-stop-sign-hits-pickup-at-maple-and-american-in-fresno-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/273409\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi runs stop sign, hits pickup at Maple and American in Fresno County"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A crash at an uncontrolled intersection in Fresno County sent a 24-year-old Fowler man to the hospital with minor injuries after a semi truck ran a stop sign and struck his pickup, according to CHP.<\/p>\n

A Chevrolet pickup truck driven by the 24-year-old man was traveling southbound on Maple Avenue and approaching the intersection with American Avenue. <\/p>\n

A three-axle Volvo semi truck and trailer combination, driven by a 22-year-old Fresno man, was traveling westbound on American Avenue and approaching the intersection with Maple Avenue.<\/p>\n

The semi truck failed to stop for the stop sign and collided with the left rear of the Chevrolet pickup in the intersection. The pickup spun out, hit a telephone pole, and came to rest against an orchard.<\/p>\n

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Semi runs stop sign, hits pickup at Maple and American in Fresno County (Photo: FOX26 Photojournalist John Dwelle)<\/p>\n

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The pickup driver was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. He sustained minor injuries and was transported to the hospital.<\/p>\n

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The semi driver was not injured and brought the truck to a stop in the eastbound lane of American Avenue west of Maple Avenue. There were no passengers in either vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A crash at an uncontrolled intersection in Fresno County sent a 24-year-old Fowler man…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-273409","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\/273409","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=273409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}