Tag Archives: Crash

The California Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly car versus train crash near Fresno County where two men were killed after their van collided with an Amtrak train Wednesday morning.   The collision was at the Conejo Avenue train cross, just west of Peach Avenue. CHP said the crash happened …

The California Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly car versus train crash near Fresno County where two men were killed after their van collided with an Amtrak train Wednesday morning.   The collision was at the Conejo Avenue train cross, just west of Peach Avenue. CHP said the crash happened …

First responders rush to the Chandler Airport in Fresno as a pilot crash lands. Our news crew heard eyewitness accounts from both first responders on scene and from the man behind the controls of the plane. The pilot of the single engine plane crash landed at about 8 o’clock Tuesday …

31 year old Rafael Cortez has been arrested seven times for DUI, convicted of the crime five times. He’s also been convicted of felony domestic violence and deported to Mexico twice. A cousin of the children tells Eyewitness News one of the kids had pleaded for her dad to slow …

Fresno’s Thomas Elementary School was locked down earlier today after a pair of suspects went on the run following a crash.It happened in the area of Millbrook and Ashcroft.A traffic officer was issuing a citation when when a citizen told him a nearby business had been robbed.A car matching the …

A major injury accident involving a big rig has caused the closure of southbound lanes of Highway 99 just south of Buhach in Merced County.That’s between the cities of Merced and Atwater.Highway Patrol officials report the southbound lanes of Highway 99 are completely closed in that area and the northbound …

A police chase ends with the suspects crashing their getaway car.Fresno Police say it happened around 11:30 Sunday night.A woman alerted officers she was robbed at gunpoint, near the area of Home and Harrison Ave.Police found a car there, matching the description of the one used in the robbery.When officers tried …

Two people are dead after a crash in south-central Fresno. It happened shortly after 6 a.m. at the intersection of South Avenue and Chestnut. According to California Highway Patrol, the driver of the Chevy, a 55-year-old from Fresno, and his passenger died at the scene. A Chevy Lumina heading eastbound …

The investigation continues into a deadly suspected DUI crash in Chowchilla on Friday that took the lives of two people. Bruce Erickson, who is 65-years old and from Winton, is accused by the California Highway Patrol of being the suspect in a car collision that killed 28-year old Vanessa Tapetillo …

As many celebrated Mother’s Day on Sunday, one family in Merced was mourning the loss of a young mother.   The Tapetillo family of Merced spoke with us exclusively on Sunday, and said Vanessa Tapetillo and her boyfriend, Juan Barragan, were the victims killed in a suspected DUI crash on …

Two people were killed in a car accident north of Chowchilla that the California Highway Patrol says was caused by a drunk driver.  The crash happened around 5 p.m. Friday near Highway 99 and Avenue 27.  CHP investigators say the truck driven by the suspected drunk driver crashed into the …

An elderly woman was taken to the hospital for observation, after a single vehicle accident in Clovis, according to police there. In a statement, Clovis Police Public Information officer Janet Stoll-Lee said the accident happened just after 12:00PM. She said the driver, who is in her early 70’s, was heading …

A 19-year-old man is in jail, after a bizarre crash in West Fresno on Monday. Police said Monday they were first called out to the intersection of Shaw and Polk, for a car accident with no details. Once they arrived, they found a truck crashed into a nearby home, and …