{"id":292597,"date":"2026-04-30T04:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/292597\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T04:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:45:10","slug":"two-hospitalized-after-head-on-crash-in-fresno-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/292597\/","title":{"rendered":"Two hospitalized after head-on crash in Fresno County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two men have been hospitalized following a head-on crash in Fresno County, and one is facing charges.<\/p>\n<p>The California Highway Patrol responded to a crash at Manning and Temperance avenues, between Fowler and Selma, around 3 p.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Officers determined it was a head-on crash between a Hyundai Accent and a Ford Ranger.<\/p>\n<p>A 60-year-old man was in the Hyundai traveling west on Manning Avenue when he drove into opposing traffic, CHP spokesperson Mike Salas said.<\/p>\n<p>A 73-year-old man driving east in the Ford tried to avoid the car by swerving into the westbound lane. However, the Hyundai driver simultaneously swerved back into the same lane, prompting a head-on crash, Salas said.<\/p>\n<p>Both drivers were taken to a hospital for minor-to-moderate injuries. The Hyundai driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and will be booked when he\u2019s discharged from the hospital, Salas said.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicles were heavily damaged, and the Ford landed upside down.<\/p>\n<p>The crash is still under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5B9DABCC-B012-41B5-AF48-2FE143423FD7.JPEG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" title=\"5B9DABCC-B012-41B5-AF48-2FE143423FD7.JPEG\" alt=\"The Hyundai driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence following the head-on crash in Fresno County.\"\/>                                                                                    The Hyundai driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence following the head-on crash in Fresno County.                                                                                                                                                                        California Highway Patrol                                                                                                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/A8B1468B-C587-4B98-B424-5341FDC62E88.JPEG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" title=\"A8B1468B-C587-4B98-B424-5341FDC62E88.JPEG\" alt=\"Two men, ages 60 and 73, were involved in a head-on crash between Fowler and Selma on Wednesday.\"\/>                                                                                    Two men, ages 60 and 73, were involved in a head-on crash between Fowler and Selma on Wednesday.                                                                                                                                                                        California Highway Patrol                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777490828_538_IMG_4053.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nick Fenley\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Fenley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and has been with The Bee since 2025.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men have been hospitalized following a head-on crash in Fresno County, and one is facing charges. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-292597","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\/292597","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=292597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}