{"id":437510,"date":"2026-08-19T18:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/437510\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T18:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:24:11","slug":"wrong-way-driver-killed-after-crashing-into-truck-on-hwy-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/437510\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrong-way driver killed after crashing into truck on Hwy 41"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash early Wednesday morning on Highway 41 south of Caruthers in Fresno County.<\/p>\n<p>California Highway Patrol spokesperson Mike Salas said officers responded to the crash on northbound 41 near Elkhorn Avenue around 1:15 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Officers\u2019 investigation suggests a Chevrolet Silverado was driving the wrong way when it hit a Ford F-150 that was traveling north, Salas said.<\/p>\n<p>Both drivers were significantly injured and taken to a nearby hospital. The Silverado driver who was driving the wrong way died of his injuries, Salas said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers suspect impairment as being a potential factor in the crash. The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/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 joined The Bee in 2025.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One person was killed in a two-vehicle crash early Wednesday morning on Highway 41 south of Caruthers in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-437510","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\/437510","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=437510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}