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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A antheral is dormant aft crashing into a semi motortruck Thursday day astatine the intersection of South and Cedar avenues successful Fresno.
"Both vehicles entered the intersection astatine the aforesaid clip and the pickup collided with the close beforehand of the tractor trailer," Sgt. Dustin Dimmer with the California Highway Patrol said
On Thursday astatine 1:25 p.m. California Highway Patrol said a 74-year-old antheral was driving a achromatic Mazda pickup motortruck westbound connected South Avenue erstwhile helium ran a halt sign.
"The pickup continued into the vineyard connected the northeast broadside of the field," Dimmer said.
Dimmer said astatine the aforesaid clip a commercial Kenworth motortruck was driving done the intersection.
"We had a tractor trailer traveling northbound connected Cedar, approaching southbound with nary halt motion astir 50 miles an hour," Dimmer said.
Thats erstwhile CHP said some vehicles crashed causing the semi to clang into the beforehand gait of a home.
"The tractor trailer continued northbound and past besides to the eastbound broadside of the tract into a four-front house, beforehand yard, taking retired a obstruction and hitting a parked car," Dimmer said.
Dimmer said the operator of the Mazda was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. The 61-year-old operator of the Kenworth was brought to Community Regional Medical Center for mean injuries.
"There's postings 'stop motion ahead,' 'stop sign.' So, it should person been seen. It's unfortunate that we don't cognize what happened," Dimmer said.
He said the household wrong the location are each okay.
"If you're approaching an intersection, inactive support your caput connected a swivel looking some ways and beryllium prepared," Dimmer said.
The California Highway Patrol it is seeking the public’s assistance successful gathering accusation astir the crash. Anyone with accusation is asked to interaction the Fresno Area CHP astatine (559) 262-0400.
The probe into the circumstances surrounding this collision remains ongoing.
