Medevac helicopters transport patients to hospitals that can provide them with the best care. So when a helicopter meant to save lives crashes, it can feel doubly wrong. Four years ago, a medevac helicopter crash near McFarland sent shock waves through the first responder community and made headlines all over …
Read More »Navy Releases Name Of Lemoore Pilot Who Died In Death Valley Crash
The identity of the Naval pilot who crashed in Death Valley National Park Wednesday morning has been released. Lieutenant Charles Z. Walker was flying a F/A-18E Super Hornet in a routine training flight, when his plane went down near Father Crowley Overlook in the park. The 33-year-old joined the Navy …
Read More »Lemoore Naval Pilot Confirmed Dead After A Fighter Jet Crash In Death Valley
The Navy confirmed in a statement Thursday that the pilot who went down in Death Valley Wednesday morning died in the crash. The pilot’s identity has not yet been released, and the cause of the crash is still under investigation. The single-seat fighter jet originating from Lemoore Naval Air Station …
Read More »Victims of Merced fatal head-on crash identified, authorities say
Authorities have identified the man and woman killed Sunday when a car and a van collided head-on south of Merced on Highway 59. A 31-year-old El Nido man driving a … Click to Continue »
Read More »2 adults killed, children injured in Merced County head-on crash, CHP says
Two people died and several others were injured Sunday when a van and a truck collided head-on on Highway 59 near Canton Road south of Merced, according to the California … Click to Continue »
Read More »2-year-old boy suffers major injuries after being ejected in Merced County crash
A 2-year-old boy suffered major injuries after being ejected from a vehicle in a Highway 99 crash Saturday morning, according to California Highway Patrol. The boy was reportedly not properly … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced police release update on fatal hit-and-run crash that killed Catheys Valley man
The investigation continued Thursday into the fatal hit-and-run crash last month in Merced that claimed the life of a 68-year-old Catheys Valley man. Police Lt. Jay Struble said investigators have … Click to Continue »
Read More »Driver in fatal Merced County bus crash now charged in child sex-crimes case
The case against the driver of deadly 2016 bus crash in Merced County has been put on hold while the 59-year-old Los Angeles man faces dozens of new sex crimes … Click to Continue »
Read More »Minor injury truck crash in Atwater ‘very similar’ to 2017 deadly explosion, CHP says
The Highway 99 south on and off ramps are closed until about noon Tuesday after a truck overturned in a collision resembling the explosive deadly crash in the same area … Click to Continue »
Read More »Atwater woman suffers major injuries in rollover crash south of Merced
A 44-year-old Atwater woman suffered major injuries in a rollover crash at about 7 p.m. Thursday, June 7, 2018, on Highway 59, south of Merced, according to California Highway Patrol. … Click to Continue »
Read More »70 Years After Fatal Plane Crash, A New Novel Tells The Victims’ Stories
Five years ago, Valley Public Radio brought you the story of one man’s search for names that it seemed had been lost to history. Fresno author Tim Z. Hernandez was searching for the families of the 28 passengers who died in a plane crash in western Fresno County in 1948. …
Read More »Los Banos police looking for witnesses in injury bicycle crash
A 69-year-old Los Banos man suffered minor injuries Tuesday when he collided with a car while riding his bicycle, the Police Department reported. The collision involving the bicyclist and a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Woman killed in crash north of Ballico identified, coroner says
A 65-year-old Turlock woman who died Saturday in a solo-vehicle crash on a rural road has been identified, according to the Merced County Coroner’s Office. The woman was eastbound on … Click to Continue »
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