{"id":394315,"date":"2026-07-11T03:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T03:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/394315\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T03:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T03:20:08","slug":"woman-84-dies-after-madera-county-single-vehicle-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/394315\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman, 84, dies after Madera County single-vehicle crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An 84-year-old Madera County woman died Wednesday, two days after she was injured in a single-vehicle crash.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded at 11:50 a.m. Monday to Road 209, south of Road 406 in Madera County.<\/p>\n<p>According to the California Highway Patrol, a 63-year-old Madera man was driving a gray 2020 Kia Forte north on Road 209 when, while approaching a curve, the vehicle veered off the roadway onto the west shoulder and struck an embankment.<\/p>\n<p>The driver suffered minor injuries. His passenger, 84-year-old Billie Baker of Madera County, was taken to Community Regional Medical Center, where she died Wednesday, according to the Madera County Coroner\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>The crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>CHP said both occupants were wearing seat belts. Investigators do not suspect drugs or alcohol were factors in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783740008_591_Anthony Galaviz headshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Anthony Galaviz\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Galaviz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Anthony Galaviz writes about sports for The Fresno Bee. He covers the Las Vegas Raiders, high schools, boxing, MMA and junior colleges. He\u2019s been with The Bee since 1997 and attended Fresno City College before graduating from Fresno State with a major in journalism and a minor in criminology.\u00a0<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/fresnobee.com\/subscribe&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;\" style=\"color: #5169B8; text-transform: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support my work with a digital subscription<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An 84-year-old Madera County woman died Wednesday, two days after she was injured in a single-vehicle crash. Officers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-394315","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\/394315","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=394315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}