A crash into the California Aqueduct near Patterson early Tuesday morning left a father and his 15-year-old son dead, according to the California Highway Patrol.
CHP officers responded around 6:31 a.m. to reports of an SUV that had left northbound Interstate 5, north of Sperry Avenue, and entered the aqueduct.
Emergency crews found evidence that a 2003 Nissan SUV, towing a single-axle utility trailer, had entered the aqueduct after leaving the freeway. The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Dive Team helped recover the vehicle from the aqueduct…