California Army National Guard member dies in car crash in Fresno County Mountains

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A California Army National Guard subordinate died Sunday greeting aft his car veered disconnected the roadworthy and rolled into a creek bed, landing connected its roof.

The clang happened astatine successful the Fresno County foothills connected Tollhouse Road and Van Vleet.

When California Highway Patrol officers and Cal Fire crews arrived astatine astir 9 a.m. they recovered a car overturned with the extortion crushed and the operator pinned inside.

Friends identified the unfortunate to Action News arsenic David Solomon.

Emergency crews utilized the Jaws of Life to region him, but helium was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

A tiny procession of archetypal responders escorted Solomon's assemblage from the clang tract to the Fresno County Coroner's Office.

Solomon served with the California Army National Guard and was contracted with Cal Fire to assistance respond to wildfires crossed the state.

In a statement, the California Military Department said, "We are heartbroken by this loss. Our thoughts are with the family, loved ones, and the Guardsmen and CAL FIRE enactment of the Toll House unit the Soldier near behind."

The California Highway Patrol is investigating this fatal crash. A origin has not yet been determined.