17-year-old dies after car goes into canal in Merced County, CHP says

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A 17-year-old has died pursuing a clang successful Merced County Saturday wherever a conveyance went done a obstruction and into a canal, according to the California Highway Patrol.

CHP says connected Feb. 15 astatine astir 7:00 p.m. an ambulance responded to a clang adjacent Snelling Road and Youd Road.

According to CHP, a 2016 Nissan Altima ran disconnected the roadway and crashed into a canal with water. CHP says lone 1 conveyance was involved.

The archetypal probe determined that the operator was driving astatine an chartless complaint of velocity northbound of Snelling Road and southbound of Youd Road, according to CHP.

For chartless reasons, CHP says the 17-year-old operator from Merced allowed the conveyance to veer onto the westbound ungraded shoulder. It crashed done a obstruction and went into the canal.

The conveyance past became submerged successful water. The Cal Fire Rescue Team and the Merced County Sheriff Dive and Rescue Team extricated the operator and a rider from the Nissan, according to CHP.

The 17-year-old operator was transported to a section infirmary successful Merced and was aboriginal transported to Children's Hospital successful Madera.

CHP says connected Feb. 16 the 17-year-old succumbed to their injuries. There’s nary connection connected the information oregon property of the passenger.

This is an ongoing investigation.