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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Fresno County Coroner has identified the antheral who died successful a high-speed clang connected Highway 180 Sunday morning.
The California Highway Patrol said astir 12:10 a.m., officers spotted a Dodge Challenger traveling eastbound connected Highway 180 adjacent Clovis Avenue astatine speeds approaching 130 miles per hour.
Officers said they attempted to marque a postulation halt erstwhile the driver, identified by the coroner arsenic 23-year-old Derrick Trujillo of Fresno, who officers said failed to stop, accelerated to speeds up to 150 miles per hr portion exiting astatine Temperance Avenue.
Investigators accidental Trujillo failed to navigate the off-ramp curve. The conveyance near the roadway, became airborne, and overturned aggregate times. Trujillo, who officers said was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected and landed connected Temperance Avenue.
Officers sat Trujillo died astatine the scene. The origin of the clang is nether investigation.
“This tragic nonaccomplishment of beingness was preventable. A seatbelt fastened, a velocity reduced, a regularisation obeyed. Such tiny actions could person saved a life. Please, ne'er instrumentality a infinitesimal for granted. Always buckle up, travel the rules of the road, and take information implicit speed," CHP wrote successful a statement.
