Southbound Highway 99 moving slowly past Shaw exit in Fresno after cleanup of fatal crash
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UPDATE, 4 P.M. SUNDAY: Felipe Garay, 31, of Clovis, was identified as the man killed in Saturday’s crash. His age originally was listed as 32.
UPDATE, 3:52 P.M. SATURDAY: All lanes are open as of 3:50 p.m.
ORIGINAL STORY: Traffic on Highway 99 is moving southbound toward Shaw Avenue after a fatal crash Saturday morning near Ashlan Avenue backed up traffic for miles toward Madera, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The CHP multidisciplinary accident investigation team is working to investigate the crash.
CHP spokesman Mike Salas said the No. 3 lane (far right) is open, but it would be another 30 to 45 until all lanes are open.
Earlier, Salas said motorists should take alternate routes, such as Avenue 12 to Highway 41, Avenue 9 or Avenue 145 Madera to Kerman as traffic was backed up for miles.
The CHP also blocked off the Herndon on-ramp.
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A 32-year-old Clovis man died Saturday morning in a multiple-vehicle crash on Highway 99 that also involved a Caltrans worker and an empty school bus.
First responders extricated the man from a Honda Civic, but he later died at the hospital, Salas said.
A Caltrans employee was taken to Community Regional Medical Center with moderate injuries, Salas said. Two other people were not injured.
The crash happened at 8:20 a.m.
This story was originally published August 14, 2021 at 2:46 PM.
