Doctor and wife ID’d by coroner as victims killed in crash near Woodward Park in Fresno
UPDATE: ‘So beloved by his patients.’ Heart doctor killed in Fresno crash remembered by colleagues
A Fresno couple killed Friday night in a crash near Woodward Park were identified by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Office on Saturday.
Alfred Valles, 50, and Selina Valles, 46, were the victims of the crash around 9:30 p.m. a few blocks north of the intersection of Champlain Drive and Friant Road in north Fresno.
The coroner’s office reported that Alfred Valles was a heart doctor. He worked at The Heart Group Cardiovascular Associates.
A projectile from the vehicle ignited a small grass fire near Friant and Rice Road, where the crash occurred. The Fresno Fire Department extinguished the fire.
Fresno police at the scene said the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Friant Road was closed in the area during the investigation.
This story was originally published October 14, 2023 at 12:28 PM.
