High-speed crash in Kings County leaves driver injured

HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A suspected DUI operator who was not wearing a seatbelt crashed portion driving astatine a precocious complaint of velocity successful Kings County Sunday, according to the California Highway Patrol.

CHP says astir 2:13 a.m., a antheral was driving a 2021 Ford Escape southbound connected 10th Avenue approaching the intersection of Kansas Avenue. 

The operator was traveling astatine a precocious complaint of velocity and failed to halt for the posted halt motion astatine Kansas Avenue. 

Investigators accidental the Ford near the roadway. As the Ford traveled onto the westbound enarthrosis of 10th Avenue southbound of Kansas Avenue, the beforehand of the Ford collided with the rear of a parked vehicle.

The driver, according to CHP, was not restrained astatine the clip of the clang and suffered large injuries.

CHP says intoxicant and/or drugs are suspected to beryllium a origin successful this crash.