{"id":83890,"date":"2025-12-06T07:57:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/83890\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T07:57:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:57:45","slug":"multiple-cars-hit-engine-left-in-roadway-following-fatal-crash-on-hwy-99-in-fresno-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/83890\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple cars hit engine left in roadway following fatal crash on Hwy 99 in Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif (FOX26) \u2014 A crash on Highway 99 in Fresno on Wednesday night led to the death of a driver and the temporary closure of the southbound lanes.<\/p>\n<p>The California Highway Patrol received multiple reports around 10:30 p.m. of vehicles hitting an engine block in the far-left lane of the highway, just south of Highway 180. <\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/harley-davidson-rider-killed-in-crash-with-suv-on-hwy-152-in-merced-county-state-route-152-lower-cottonwood-road-volkswagen-tiguan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Harley-Davidson rider killed in crash on Hwy 152 in Merced County<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other reports were received about a car that had gone down an embankment in the same area.<\/p>\n<p>CHP says a Nissan Sentra was traveling southbound on SR-99 when the driver made an unsafe turn to the right, causing the vehicle to leave the roadway. <\/p>\n<p>The car traveled down an embankment and collided with an overhead sign pole. <\/p>\n<p>The impact was so severe that the vehicle&#8217;s engine separated and landed in the southbound lanes, where it was hit by three passing vehicles, resulting in minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the Nissan, identified as 44-year-old Luis Ramos of Fresno, was transported to Community Regional Medical Center but did not survive.<\/p>\n<p>The crash caused debris and fluids to spread across all three southbound lanes, necessitating a full closure of the roadway. <\/p>\n<p>Traffic was diverted onto SR-180 while Caltrans conducted cleanup and lane repairs. <\/p>\n<p>The freeway was fully reopened at 1:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>CHP is investigating the cause of the crash, and it is currently unknown whether drugs or alcohol were factors, pending toxicology results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif (FOX26) \u2014 A crash on Highway 99 in Fresno on Wednesday night led to the death&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-83890","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\/83890","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=83890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}