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NAVELENCIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A two-vehicle head-on collision Sunday greeting near 1 antheral dead, and 2 others injured, the California Highway Patrol said.
Around 8:30a.m., the CHP said its dispatch halfway was notified of the clang connected American Avenue, adjacent Navelencia Avenue.
Officers arrived to find a 2016 Acura TLX and a 2022 Ram Thor camper van with monolithic front-end harm and their airbags deployed.
They accidental their archetypal appraisal of the country indicated that a 28-year-old Reedley antheral was driving the Acura successful a westbound absorption connected American Avenue. At the aforesaid time, a 62-year-old antheral from Manhattan Beach, California was driving eastbound connected American Avenue.
Investigators accidental contempt the van's driver's effort to brake, the beforehand of the Acura collided head-on erstwhile it crossed implicit into the opposing lanes without attempting to stop.
As a result, the sedan spun clockwise and came to remainder connected the ungraded enarthrosis of the road, portion the camper van came to remainder successful the eastbound lanes of American Avenue.
CHP says the operator of the Acura died astatine the scene, portion the operator of the Ram received mean injuries.
Additionally, a 62-year-old pistillate rider successful the camper van was dormant successful a furniture successful the backmost of the conveyance and was injured erstwhile she was thrown guardant wrong the van. Officers accidental she was not seat-belted astatine the time, and her injuries required her to beryllium transported to an country infirmary via Life Flight.
The 2 drivers, according to investigators, were some decently restrained, and neither drugs nor intoxicant are considered factors successful this collision.
The CHP is continuing to analyse this incidental and asks if anyone has accusation connected this clang to telephone 559-705-2200.
