{"id":274369,"date":"2026-04-18T16:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/274369\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T16:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T16:08:08","slug":"pedestrian-killed-in-crash-on-highway-99-in-fresno-county-chp-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/274369\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian Killed in Crash on Highway 99 in Fresno County, CHP Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pedestrian was killed Friday night after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 99 in Fresno County, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The crash was reported around 10 p.m. on southbound Highway 99, just north of North Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol\u2019s Fresno Area office.<\/p>\n<p>Officers arrived to find emergency medical personnel performing life-saving measures on an adult female pedestrian. She was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A preliminary investigation indicates a Dodge Charger was traveling southbound in the far-left lane when the pedestrian entered the roadway and walked into the vehicle\u2019s path. The car struck the pedestrian in that lane, causing critical injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators. Authorities said alcohol or drugs are not suspected to be a factor for the driver. It is unknown whether the pedestrian was impaired, pending toxicology results.<\/p>\n<p>The pedestrian\u2019s identity and age have not been released. No other vehicles or parties were involved.<\/p>\n<p>The crash remains under investigation by the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pedestrian was killed Friday night after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 99 in Fresno County,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-274369","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\/274369","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=274369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}