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MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A antheral died aft the 2012 Ford Fusion helium was driving crashed head-on with a dump motortruck Tuesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
CHP says astir 6:21 a.m., officers respond to the clang successful the country of Highway 59, southbound of Oakdale Road.
Investigators accidental the antheral who was driving the Fusion was going southbound connected Highway 59, southbound of Oakdale Road, astatine an undetermined speed.
At the aforesaid time, CHP says a antheral from Merced was driving a dump motortruck northbound connected Highway 59 astatine astir 55 miles per hour.
For reasons that are inactive nether investigation, CHP says helium operator of the Fusion allowed the conveyance to transverse into the northbound lane, colliding with the dump truck’s driver's side.
The operator of the Ford died astatine the scene, and the dump motortruck operator was not injured.
The origin of the clang remains nether investigation, CHP says.
