Man killed in single-car crash in Merced County, CHP says

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The California Highway Patrol is investigating a single-car clang successful Merced County that near 1 antheral dead.

It happened astatine astir 8:45 p.m. Monday connected Russell Avenue conscionable northbound of Interstate 5 -- that's southbound of Los Banos.

Officers accidental the 36-year-old operator from Newman allowed his Honda to question disconnected the eastbound borderline of the roadworthy connected Russell and collided with an bare irrigation ditch.

The operator was not wearing a spot loop and died astatine the scene.

It's chartless if drugs oregon intoxicant were factors successful the crash