Coroner identifies Kingsburg man killed in Highway 41 crash
A Kingsburg man who died after his car collided with oncoming traffic on rural Highway 41 near Lemoore has been identified as Kevin Bruce Watkins, 31, the Kings County Coroner’s Office said Wednesday.
The accident happened about 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.
A 1995 Honda Civic driven by Watkins was going south on Highway 41 near Jersey Avenue, south of Lemoore. It veered into oncoming traffic, striking a Dodge pickup truck head-on. A third vehicle swerved to avoid the collision and crashed into a tree.
Watkins was the only person in the Honda.
An elderly Shaver Lake couple in the pickup truck was airlifted to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno. The driver of the third vehicle did not require hospital treatment.
The CHP’s investigation is continuing.
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This story was originally published May 27, 2015 at 2:59 PM with the headline "Coroner identifies Kingsburg man killed in Highway 41 crash."