Three men killed in separate crashes in Fresno County, CHP says. One vehicle caught on fire
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Three men died in separate crashes in Fresno County early Sunday morning.
A 21-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle crash at 1:50 a.m. Sunday on Kearney Boulevard, west of Fair Avenue.
CHP spokesman Mike Salas said the man was driving a Toyota Camry westbound on Kearney when the vehicle veered off the roadway onto the north dirt shoulder before colliding with a Eucalyptus tree. The impact caused the vehicle to be fully engulfed in fire.
The man could not make it out, Salas said.
It’s unknown if alcohol or drugs were a factor in the collision.
CHP then responded to a crash at 2:30 a.m. at Reed Avenue, south of South Avenue.
The 22-year-old man was driving a Honda Civic northbound on Reed approaching a parked International three-axle truck and trailer on the west dirt shoulder on Reed Avenue in a northerly direction.
The man’s vehicle veered to the left and drove across the southbound lane on Reed Avenue and collided into the rear of the trailer. The right rear of the trailer intruded into the passenger compartment of the Honda that fatally killed the driver.
At 3:05 a.m., CHP also responded to a single-vehicle collision at 3:05 a.m. at McKinley and Blythe avenues.
Salas said a 32-year-old man was driving a Alfa Romeo eastbound on McKinley Avenue, just east of Blythe when the vehicle veered to the right off of the roadway.
Salas said the vehicle struck several brick pillars, a wrought iron fence and a chain-link fence which caused the vehicle to overturn.
The driver was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Alcohol or drugs are unknown in the collision.
