{"id":325000,"date":"2026-05-20T19:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/325000\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T19:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:33:09","slug":"driver-flees-scene-after-fiery-crash-fresno-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/325000\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver flees scene after fiery crash, Fresno police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A driver fled the scene after crashing their car into a tree, igniting a fire in a Fresno neighborhood Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno police Sgt. Diana Trueba Vega said a call of a vehicle versus tree crash came in around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday . The vehicle was reported as being on fire near Bellaire Way and Bond Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle, a silver sedan, downed a street sign before crashing into a tree and coming to a stop in the neighborhood near First Street and Ashlan Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Trueba Vega said the driver fled the scene and ran toward Ashlan.<\/p>\n<p>Officers have not located the driver, Trueba Vega said.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1768.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"705\" title=\"IMG_1768.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters put out a fire after a car crashed into a tree near Bellaire and Griffith in Fresno on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. The driver fled the scene, police said.\"\/>                                                                                    Firefighters put out a fire after a car crashed into a tree near Bellaire and Griffith in Fresno on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. The driver fled the scene, police said.                                                                                            NICK FENLEY                                                                            nfenley@fresnobee.com                                                                                        <\/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":"A driver fled the scene after crashing their car into a tree, igniting a fire in a Fresno&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-325000","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\/325000","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=325000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}