Fresno wrong-way driver dies in crash injuring 2 others

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A man is dead, and two others were hospitalized after a head-on collision on Highway 99 in Fresno Sunday afternoon, the California Highway Patrol announced.

Officers report around 2 p.m. they received calls regarding a wrong-way driver headed northbound in the southbound lanes of Highway 99 from Olive Avenue. Moments later, they were informed the wrong-way driver had crashed south of Clinton Avenue.

Investigators determined a man from Fresno was driving his Ford Ranger northbound in the far left lane of Highway 99 south. At the same time, two other drivers were traveling southbound in the direction of the wrong-way driver…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS