2 Camrys crash near Kerman leaving 1 dead, 2 injured

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – One antheral is dormant and 2 others were hospitalized pursuing a clang extracurricular of Kerman aboriginal Saturday morning, the California Highway Patrol says.

The bureau reports that conscionable earlier 2 a.m. it's dispatch halfway received a telephone of a two-vehicle collision adjacent State Route 180, westbound of Dickenson Avenue, conscionable westbound of the metropolis of Kerman.

Officers from the Fresno-area CHP bureau and exigency aesculapian unit responded to the incidental to find a clang involving 2 Toyota Camrys.

The CHP says a 19-year-old man, driving 1 of the Camrys eastbound connected 180, westbound of Dickenson Avenue, drifted into the westbound lanes of the 180 and collided into the way of the different Camry that was traveling successful the other direction.

Investigators recovered that the operator traveling eastbound was astatine responsibility successful the clang owed to his conveyance entering the lanes of opposing traffic, and connecting with the different Camry which was occupied by a 27-year-old antheral operator and his 26-year-old pistillate passenger.

They besides accidental the operator traveling westbound was incapable to instrumentality evasive enactment to debar the head-on collision, and noted that the unit of the interaction caused large harm to some vehicles.

The 19-year-old operator suffered captious injuries and was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

27-year aged Luis Salazar of Porterville was extricated from his conveyance with large injuries, and his pistillate rider from Kerman besides suffered large injuries. Both were transported to an country hospital.

Officers accidental that though Salazar was not astatine responsibility successful the crash, they judge helium had been driving nether the power of intoxicant and was arrested nether suspicion for said infraction. They are awaiting the pending toxicology results connected behalf of the 19-year-old operator to spot if drugs and/or intoxicant were a origin connected his part.

The CHP says occupants of some vehicles were wearing seatbelts astatine the clip of the crash.

The probe is ongoing and anyone with accusation successful the lawsuit is asked to telephone CHP’s non-emergency enactment astatine 559-705-2200.