Coroner identifies four people killed in pre-dawn Millerton Road collision in Fresno County

Four people were killed and two more suffered major injuries early Friday in a head-on collision on Millerton Road near Friant, the California Highway Patrol reported.

The crash occurred shortly before 2 a.m. and the CHP said while neither alcohol nor drugs were immediately suspected as a cause of the crash, toxicology tests will help assess what took place. Those tests usually take about a month.

The collision took place when 64-year-old Ty Wood, 64, of Coarsegold, was northbound on Millerton in a 1995 Nissan pickup, and crossed double-yellow lines into the southbound lane south of Bellagio Road and collided with a 1998 Camry, driven by James Vang, 60, of Fresno..

Wood died at the scene. Vang suffered major injuries as did passenger Nao Y. Moua, 50. Three women from Fresno in the back of the Camry were killed at the scene. They were identified as Mai Yang, 74; Koua Vang Xiong, 54: and Shor Xiong, 60. All parties were wearing seatbelts.

This story was originally published March 13, 2020 at 11:40 AM.