{"id":506289,"date":"2026-10-24T07:04:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T07:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/506289\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T07:04:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T07:04:38","slug":"wrong-way-driver-killed-in-head-on-crash-on-highway-180-near-kerman-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/506289\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrong-way driver killed in head-on crash on Highway 180 near Kerman identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A man is dead after a crash Thursday morning on Highway 180 in Fresno County.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened just after 11 a.m. west of Napa Avenue near Kerman, according to the California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/three-hurt-including-6-year-old-when-dodge-durango-overturns-into-concrete-wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Father racing on Shaw Ave crashed with wife and kids, major injuries CHP reports<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CHP says a 45-year-old man driving a Nissan at a high rate of speed crossed into oncoming traffic and crashed head-on with a big rig. <\/p>\n<p>The driver of the Nissan, identified as Fernando Acosta Marquez of Fresno, did not survive.<\/p>\n<p>The big-rig driver was not hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Alcohol is suspected to have been a contributing factor in this collision. Toxicology results are pending, and the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>The CHP reminds motorists that impaired driving can have devastating consequences. Drivers are urged never to operate a vehicle while impaired. Anyone with information regarding this collision is encouraged to contact the CHP Fresno Area office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A man is dead after a crash Thursday morning on Highway 180 in Fresno&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-506289","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\/506289","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=506289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}