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MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A two-vehicle clang claimed the beingness of an on-duty Chowchilla constabulary serviceman Friday night, the California Highway Patrol said.
Around 10:30 p.m., officers with the Madera-area CHP bureau were notified of a collision involving a constabulary patrol conveyance and a Freightliner hauling tomatoes successful the intersection of State Route 152 and Road 13.
Investigators said the truck's operator was attempting to transverse SR-152 from the southbound lanes of Road 13 erstwhile the officer, traveling eastbound connected the 152 successful a marked Ford Explorer, approached the intersection from wrong the fig 1 lane.
At that time, the CHP said, the beforehand of the patrol conveyance struck the close broadside of the Freightliner’s rear trailer. The patrol conveyance became lodged nether the trailer.
Both vehicles, on with spilled tomatoes, blocked some lanes of postulation connected Road 13, and portion of the eastbound SR-152.
Investigators said the Chowchilla constabulary serviceman died astatine the scene.
The 36-year-old antheral operator of the Freightliner, from Firebaugh, was uninjured.
Investigators accidental neither drugs, nor alcohol, look to beryllium a origin successful this crash.
The CHP's Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team (M.A.I.T) responded to the country to stitchery grounds for the on-going investigation.
The officer's sanction has not yet been released.
