{"id":313869,"date":"2026-05-13T16:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/313869\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T16:41:09","slug":"fresno-county-crash-leaves-pedestrian-dead-on-highway-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/313869\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County Crash Leaves Pedestrian Dead on Highway 41"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An adult male pedestrian was killed early Wednesday after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 41 south of Jensen Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to the crash at about 1 a.m. Wednesday in Fresno County.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said an 83-year-old man was driving a 2017 Hyundai Tucson southbound in the No. 1 lane of Highway 41 when the pedestrian entered the roadway from the west shoulder and walked eastbound directly into the vehicle\u2019s path.<\/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>The driver was unable to brake or take evasive action before the collision, CHP said.<\/p>\n<p>The pedestrian was thrown into the center median and suffered major injuries. Emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The Hyundai driver was not injured, remained at the scene, and cooperated with investigators, CHP said. Authorities determined he was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said it is unknown whether alcohol or drugs were factors for the pedestrian.<\/p>\n<p>The crash remains under investigation by the CHP Fresno Area.<\/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":"An adult male pedestrian was killed early Wednesday after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 41 south&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-313869","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\/313869","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=313869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}