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MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral and a pistillate who died successful a clang successful Merced County connected Sunday person been identified by the California Highway Patrol.
Officials accidental 29-year-old Alexander Jackson from San Jose and 28-year-old Susana Esquivel of Atwater person been identified arsenic the radical killed successful the crash.
On Sunday, astatine astir 11:15 p.m., CHP received an iPhone clang notification located astir Highway 59 southbound of Washington Road.
The preliminary probe determined that Esquivel was driving a 2019 Toyota Camry southbound connected Highway 59 astatine an chartless velocity southbound of Washington Road. Jackson was driving a 2016 Toyota Camry northbound connected Highway 59, southbound of Washington Road.
According to CHP, Esquivel veered to the left, crossing the painted breached halfway enactment and entering the northbound lane. CHP said that she past went into the way of Jackson's vehicle.
The near beforehand of her vehicle, CHP said, struck Jackson's near beforehand of his vehicle. As a effect of the crash, they died and were pronounced dormant astatine the scene.
This is an ongoing investigation.
