{"id":390474,"date":"2026-07-08T11:31:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/390474\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T11:31:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T11:31:39","slug":"authorities-id-man-killed-on-hwy-99-after-hitting-two-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/390474\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities ID man killed on Hwy 99 after hitting two cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_0341.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A vehicle went off the embankment and flipped before landing on Highway 99, near Ventura Street in Fresno, California on Friday, July 3, 2026. The driver was pronounced dead.\" alt=\"A vehicle went off the embankment and flipped before landing on Highway 99, near Ventura Street in Fresno, California on Friday, July 3, 2026. The driver was pronounced dead.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A vehicle went off the embankment and flipped before landing on Highway 99, near Ventura Street in Fresno, California on Friday, July 3, 2026. The driver was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>                ANTHONY GALAVIZ<\/p>\n<p>            agalaviz@fresnobee.com<\/p>\n<p>The man killed after striking two vehicles and crashing onto Highway 99 in Fresno has been identified.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno County Coroner\u2019s Office spokesperson Tony Botti said Zachary White, 35, of Clovis was killed in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>The initial crash happened near Ventura Avenue and B Street around 11:30 a.m. Friday. Fresno police said White was traveling east on Ventura when he struck a car at B Street.<\/p>\n<p>White continued driving and hit another car at C Street, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, White drove off an embankment, overturned and landed on Highway 99.<\/p>\n<p>White was pronounced dead at the scene. No other injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators haven\u2019t determined whether alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>The crash impacted traffic in the area amid the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published July 6, 2026 at 4:46 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":"A vehicle went off the embankment and flipped before landing on Highway 99, near Ventura Street in Fresno,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-390474","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\/390474","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=390474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}