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MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Two children were ejected and sent to the infirmary on with 2 adults pursuing a postulation collision extracurricular Los Banos, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Officers accidental they received reports of a clang successful the country of Highway 152 astatine the northbound I-5 connector conscionable earlier 8:30 p.m. connected Friday.
An probe revealed a household of five, including 3 children believed to beryllium 5 to 11, were successful a 2024 Toyota Corolla traveling eastbound connected Highway 152, approaching the northbound I-5 onramp.
CHP reports the Toyota was astir to instrumentality the onramp when, for chartless reasons, it traveled disconnected the westbound broadside of the ramp and overturned.
Additionally, CHP says the 3 children successful the backmost appeared not to beryllium wearing seatbelts, and arsenic a result, 2 of them were ejected from the vehicle.
The adults and 1 of the children were flown to a Modesto hospital, and the youngest kid was airlifted to Valley Children's Hospital. According to officers, the injuries look to beryllium major, with reports of breached bones. Their presumption is chartless astatine this time.
This is an ongoing investigation.
