TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Two radical are dormant pursuing a three-car collision overnight adjacent Visalia connected Monday, the California Highway Patrol announced.
CHP says conscionable aft midnight connected Monday they received iPhone notifications regarding a clang connected Highway 43 adjacent Avenue 56 eastbound of Alpaugh successful Tulare County.
Investigators study a Dodge Charger was traveling northbound connected Highway 43 northbound of Avenue 56. At the aforesaid time, a GMC Canyon was headed southbound connected Highway 43 northbound of Avenue 56 with a BMW 328I traveling down it.
For reasons yet to beryllium determined, detectives study the Dodge allowed the conveyance to veer to the left, straight successful the way of GMC. In an effort to debar colliding, the GMC turned to the close and the near broadside of the Charger struck the near broadside of the GMC.
Officers accidental the GMC traveled disconnected the westbound roadworthy borderline onto the ungraded enarthrosis arsenic the Charger continued successful a northerly absorption wrong the incorrect lane. The Charger collided head-on with the BMW that was traveling down the GMC.
Both the GMC and BMW came to a remainder connected the westbound ungraded enarthrosis of Highway 43, northbound of Avenue 56 portion the Charger ended up facing a westerly absorption successful the lanes of Highway 43, CHP reports.
As a result, officers accidental the 21-year-old Avenal antheral operator of the Dodge and the 60-year-old McFarland antheral operator of the BMW sustained fatal injuries. Both of their close beforehand passengers sustained large injuries and were transported to a section hospital. The operator of the GMC reported insignificant injuries accordant with complaints of pain.
Investigators study it appears each drivers progressive appeared to person been wearing seatbelts but it is chartless if drugs oregon intoxicant are a factor.