2 Merced residents killed in multi-car crash in Modesto, CHP says

MODESTO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Two Merced residents person died pursuing a multi-car clang successful Modesto.

The California Highway Patrol says it happened astatine astir 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Officers accidental a 19-year-old Merced pistillate was driving a Mitsubishi erstwhile she crashed head-on with an SUV.

That archetypal clang caused different motortruck and van to clang with the 2 vehicles.

The 19-year-old, her 22-year-old antheral rider from Merced and 2 different radical died, including a one-year-old.

Officers person not said if drugs oregon intoxicant were factors successful the crash.