FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) \u2014\u00a0New details have come to light about a deadly Fresno County crash that killed a beloved Fresno State professor.<\/p>\n
Cyclist Adela Santana was riding her bike with friends when prosecutors say Johnson Chang was behind the wheel of his sports car speeding along a foothill road when he crashed into her.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Rachel Baskin called several law enforcement witnesses to the stand, hoping to gather details that would paint the picture of Chang\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n
It started with California Highway Patrol Sergeant Nick Ranger, who photographed the aftermath.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I arrived on the scene I coordinated the responsibilities of the officers to make sure everything was being documented correctly, as a fatality had occurred,\u201d Sergeant Ranger said.<\/p>\n
Friends of the 51-year-old say Chang\u2019s blue Acura crossed over the double-yellow line on Watts Valley Road near Sanger before hitting Santana head-on.<\/p>\n
But as witnesses testified, none were able to place an exact number on how fast Chang was traveling triggering a tedious back and forth between both sides.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have no basis to estimate the speed of the vehicle depicted in exhibits 22-48 in connection with the incident,\u201d asked defense attorney Roger Bonakdar. \u201cI do not,\u201d replied Ranger.<\/p>\n
The discussion then shifted to Santana\u2019s positioning in the road, a topic that could help the defense prove Chang may have never anticipated Santana in the roadway.<\/p>\n
Using diagrams of the scene, CHP Officer Dustin Seroka testified that she was riding closer to the middle of the road.<\/p>\n
But Baskin did not back down, citing previous testimony from Seroka that says Chang veered well past the yellow lines.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou believe that was approximately three feet into the southbound lane,\u201d Baskin asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes ma\u2019am,\u201d Seroka answered.<\/p>\n
Action News will continue to monitor this story and issue an update when the judge decides whether or not Change will stand trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) \u2014\u00a0New details have come to light about a deadly Fresno County crash that killed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-88540","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\/88540","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=88540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}