Distracted driving leads to 'horiffic' crash near Biola: CHP

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE)- The Jaws of Life were utilized to rescue not one, but 2 drivers from their vehicles pursuing a head-on clang Saturday morning, the California Highway Patrol said.

Just aft 9 a.m., CHP officers were dispatched to Shaw and Floyd Avenues, eastbound of the assemblage of Biola, for a study of a collision.

They arrived to find a Toyota Tacoma and a Dodge Dart that had crashed head-on.

Due to the interaction of the harm to some vehicles, North Central Fire crews were called retired to assistance by utilizing the Jaws of Life to get to the drivers earlier they could beryllium extricated.

Both drivers were determined to person large injuries.

Investigators said neither intoxicant nor drugs factored into this collision, but distracted driving is simply a imaginable factor. 

They besides said some drivers were wearing seatbelts, and that elemental enactment apt saved their lives.

The CHP calls the clang "horrific" and reminds motorists to support their eyes connected the road, hands connected the wheel, and caput connected driving.  It says, "Even a fewer seconds of distraction tin alteration everything."