Officials in Fresno County reported a fatal garbage truck crash in Orange Cove on the afternoon of Monday, August 8, 2022. The collision occurred in the afternoon at the intersection of Hills Valley Road and Manning Avenue near Highway 163, according to CHP traffic officers.
The California Highway Patrol reported a fatal truck crash on I-5 and Nees Avenue on the afternoon of Thursday, August 4, 2022. The big rig collision took place on northbound Interstate 5 near the Nees Avenue off-ramp, according to CHP traffic officers.
Officials in Fresno County reported a fatal big rig crash on Manning Avenue and Marks Avenue on the night of Wednesday, July 13, 2022. The truck accident took place at approximately 6:40 p.m. and involved a passenger vehicle and a semi-truck transporting fuel.
A fatal truck accident occurred on Jensen Avenue and De Wolf Avenue on the morning of Monday, July 11, 2022. The incident took place in rural Fresno County at approximately 3:45 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol.
According to the California Highway Patrol, a fatal crash involving a semi-truck occurred on Manning Avenue in Fresno County on the morning of Friday, June 24, 2022. The traffic collision was said to have occurred shortly before 11:00 a.m. at the intersection of Marks Avenue and Manning Avenue.
One party was killed, and another was injured after a head-on truck collision in the Fresno area on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 19, 2020. The big rig crash occurred on Highway 180 at Chateau Fresno Avenue around 1:40 p.m. A California Highway Patrol (CHP) spokesman said a driver of a semi-truck was approaching a car that was stopped on westbound State Route 180 waiting to turn left onto Chateau Fresno Avenue. For unknown reasons, the truck driver failed to bring his tractor-trailer to a stop, and he reportedly veered into the eastbound lane to avoid a rear-end collision.
Three people were killed following a truck accident in Fresno County on the night of Tuesday, July 14, 2020. The big rig crash occurred in the area of South Cornelia Avenue and West Manning Avenue near Raisin City. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) received a 911 call of a crash involving a semi-truck transporting animal carcass and a Chrysler PT cruiser sedan around 9:30 p.m. The CHP said the tractor-trailer was traveling westbound on Manning Avenue, and the PT Cruiser was headed northbound on Cornelia Avenue. For unknown reasons, the big rig was involved in a collision with the PT Cruiser. The impact of the crash reportedly caused the 18-wheeler truck to overturn onto the PT Cruiser, crushing the vehicle and killing three of the four occupants inside. The truck driver and other passenger were transported to the hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries. The Fresno County Coroner’s Office has identified the decedents as 31-year-old Frank Sifuentes, 34-year-old Carlos Gonzalez, and 34-year-old Pedro Gonzalez, all residents of Fresno.
A man was killed after a big rig crash on Highway 99 near Selma, CA, in Fresno County on the night of Monday, June 22, 2020. The truck accident occurred on southbound CA-99, and Manning Avenue, just north of State Route 43, around 11:00 p.m. Officers from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said the driver of a tractor-trailer reportedly struck and killed a pedestrian in one of the traffic lanes. Officials have not yet released the decedent’s identity due to pending notification of family members.
Local authorities are investigating a hit and run truck accident that left one party injured in southwest Fresno, CA, on the morning of May 14, 2020. The incident occurred at the intersection of Orange Avenue and Central Avenue shortly before 3:30 a.m. The Fresno Police Department (Fresno PD) said a driver of a pickup truck was headed southbound on Orange Ave when a big rig reportedly pulled out in front of their vehicle. The driver of the pickup was not able to brake in time and collided with the rear of the tractor-trailer. The driver of the semi-truck allegedly did not stop after the truck accident. The pickup truck driver was rushed to a local hospital for treatment of unspecified injuries. Officials said that they are in the process of tracking down the truck driver involved in the accident, and no further details have yet been disclosed.
An 11-year-old child from Delhi was killed after a truck accident involving multiple vehicles in Fresno County on the afternoon of May 10, 2020. The big rig crash occurred around 1:20 p.m. on northbound Highway 99, just south of Mountain View Avenue between Kingsburg and Selma, CA. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) reported that a tractor-trailer hauling fruit was allegedly unable to stop in time when approaching slowed traffic, collided with five cars, and burst into flames. Two of the vehicles the big rig struck also engulfed in flames. Sadly, an 11-year-old Delhi girl and student of El Capitan Elementary School passed away in the 18-wheeler crash. The driver of the big rig, a 60-year-old man from Dinuba, CA, may face charges for gross vehicular manslaughter in connection to the multi-vehicle accident, the CHP recently reported.
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