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Two people killed in north Fresno crash after speeding vehicle slams into tree

Two people were killed Friday night during a multi-vehicle crash in north Fresno. Fresno police and other emergency crew personnel responded around 10 p.m. to a crash involving three vehicles occurred a few blocks north of the intersection of Champlain Drive and Friant Road.
Two people were killed Friday night during a multi-vehicle crash in north Fresno. Fresno police and other emergency crew personnel responded around 10 p.m. to a crash involving three vehicles occurred a few blocks north of the intersection of Champlain Drive and Friant Road. The Fresno Bee

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Two people were killed Friday night after a speeding vehicle crashed into a tree in north Fresno.

Fresno police and other emergency crew personnel responded around 9:30 p.m. to a crash that occurred a few blocks north of the intersection of Champlain Drive and Friant Road.

There was a fire that broke out on the street near Rice Road and Friant Road, which is more of an exact location of where the crash took place. The Fresno Fire Department went on to extinguish the fire.

Two people were killed Friday night during a multi-vehicle crash a few blocks north of the intersection of Champlain Drive and Friant Road in north Fresno.
Two people were killed Friday night during a multi-vehicle crash a few blocks north of the intersection of Champlain Drive and Friant Road in north Fresno. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA The Fresno Bee

Cause of the crash remains under investigation, however, Fresno police said the vehicle was traveling at a high-rated speed.

Friant Road was closed off in the area with northbound traffic being diverted onto Champlain Drive.

A Fresno police officer directs traffic from northbound Friant Road onto eastbound E Champlain Drive as emergency personnel respond to the scene of a multiple vehicle accident with fatalies along Friant Friday night, Oct. 13, 2023 in Fresno.
A Fresno police officer directs traffic from northbound Friant Road onto eastbound E Champlain Drive as emergency personnel respond to the scene of a multiple vehicle accident with fatalies along Friant Friday night, Oct. 13, 2023 in Fresno. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com

This story was originally published October 13, 2023 at 11:09 PM.

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