Update: Woman killed in solo-vehicle crash near Highway 99 in Madera, CHP says
Officers were investigating a solo-vehicle crash that was fatal Tuesday in Madera, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The crash happened before 10 a.m. as a vehicle was headed west on Avenue 12 west of Highway 99, officers said in Facebook post.
Few details were immediately available on the cause of the crash, CHP said. The driver was a man and a woman riding as a passenger died in the crash, according to officer Javier Ruvalcaba.
She was identified a week later as Katherine Wilkins, 85, of Chowchilla, by the Madera County Coroner’s Office.
“Expect delays and use alternate routes,” the post said. “The westbound #1 and #2 lanes of (Avenue) 12 are currently blocked, (but) traffic is flowing through the right turn lane.”
This story was originally published August 30, 2022 at 10:47 AM.
