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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The antheral who crashed into a canal for chartless reasons and yet drowned has been identified by the Fresno County Coroner's Office.
Just aft 9 p.m. Friday, CHP says a Mercury Milan was headed southbound connected Chestnut Avenue, northbound of North Avenue, when, for chartless reasons, the operator veered westbound and crashed into an progressive canal.
The driver, identified by the coroner arsenic 36-year-old Manuel Guzman, was capable to get retired the conveyance and telephone for help, but went underwater earlier archetypal responders arrived, according to witnesses.
Officers, on with hunt and rescue teams, scanned the canal until astir 10 p.m. erstwhile CHP says Guzman was recovered 80 feet southbound of the submerged vehicle.
Officers reported life-saving efforts were made until Guzman was transported to a section hospital, wherever helium was pronounced deceased.
CHP is actively moving to find the circumstances starring up to the crash.
