1 dead, 1 hospitalized following solo motorcycle crash on Highway 99, CHP says

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- A antheral is dead, and a pistillate is hospitalized pursuing a solo motorcycle clang successful Merced County.

The California Highway Patrol says a antheral and pistillate heading northbound connected Highway 99 crashed into the halfway median conscionable aft midnight connected Sunday.

The antheral driving the motorcycle died astatine the scene.

The pistillate suffered large injuries and was taken to a adjacent hospital.

Authorities accidental it is chartless if drugs oregon intoxicant were factors successful the crash.