IDENTIFIED: 19 year old who crashed into DUI driver near Kerman

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The 19-year-old who died aft colliding into a operator going the other mode connected Highway 180 aboriginal Saturday greeting has been identified by the Fresno County Coroner's Office.

According to the California Highway Patrol, conscionable earlier 2 a.m. connected Saturday, a 19-year-old antheral was traveling eastbound connected Highway 180 westbound of Dickenson Avenue arsenic a 27-year-old antheral was traveling westbound successful the other direction.

Officers accidental the 19-year-old veered straight into the way of the 27-year-old driver. As a result, the vehicles collided head-on inflicting large intrusion harm to some cars.

The 19-year-old operator was identified by officials arsenic Vanshdeep Singh of Madera.

Singh was reported to person sustained captious injuries and died astatine the country portion the 27-year-old, identified by CHP arsenic Luis Salazar of Porterville, sustained large injuries. Salazar's pistillate rider besides sustained large injuries and was transported to a section hospital.

Investigators study that Salazar was not astatine responsibility for the clang - but helium was determined to person been driving nether the power of intoxicant astatine the time. He was arrested connected suspicion of DUI earlier being transported to the hospital.

The probe into the incidental is ongoing.