{"id":390448,"date":"2026-07-08T11:06:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/390448\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:06:34","slug":"driver-who-drowned-in-fresno-area-canal-identified-as-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/390448\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver who drowned in Fresno-area canal Identified as teen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image0.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"\" alt=\"Crime tape\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The person killed after crashing into a Fresno County canal over the weekend has been identified.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was Luis Hernandez, 15, of Tranquillity, said Fresno County Coroner\u2019s Office spokesperson Tony Botti.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez was a student at Tranquillity High School.<\/p>\n<p>The crash was reported around 6:45 a.m. Saturday after a passer-by saw the tires of a submerged vehicle in a canal near James Road and Lincoln Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities recovered a white 2016 Toyota Corolla with a dead body inside.<\/p>\n<p>CHP initially reported the victim as being a man in his 20s.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say Hernandez was traveling on James Road when he failed to navigate a curve, crashing into the canal.<\/p>\n<p>The crash is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published July 6, 2026 at 5:32 PM.<\/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\/06\/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":"The person killed after crashing into a Fresno County canal over the weekend has been identified. The driver&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-390448","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\/390448","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=390448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}