Car overturns on Hwy 99 after being hit by truck

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A car overturned connected Highway 99 Wednesday greeting owed to being deed from down by a pickup motortruck that officials accidental was going astatine an unsafe speed.

According to California Highway Patrol, conscionable aft 6 a.m. connected southbound Highway 99, northbound of Belmont Avenue, a conveyance was stopped successful the halfway median owed to a level tire, causing postulation to backmost up.

Traffic was seen connected Caltrans cameras astatine the clip of the clang to beryllium backed up to southbound Highway 99 adjacent Clinton Avenue.

CHP says owed to a pickup motortruck going astatine an unsafe velocity and incapable to dilatory down they deed the backmost of different car. The different car ended up overturning and some vehicles ended up connected the close shoulder.

Three drivers were progressive and CHP reported that determination were insignificant injuries.

CHP says they don't judge intoxicant contributed to this crash. According to CHP, this was conscionable "simply, excessively accelerated successful traffic."

This is an ongoing investigation.