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and last updated 2021-01-06 12:26:48-05
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) â A fiery vehicle crash on I-5 has caused multiple deaths and led to part of the highway being shut down in Fresno County, authorities say.
The California Highway Patrol said a pickup truck heading north on the I-5 crossed over onto the southbound lanes and crashed head-on with a big rig.
Both vehicles caught fire, and five people in the pickup truck died, the CHP said. They say three of those killed were children.
The driver of the big rig sustained minor injuries.
Officers do not know whether drugs or alcohol were factors in the crash.
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) This is the aftermath of a deadly head-on crash between a pick up truck and a big rig in Western Fresno County.
The vehicles were so mangled from the impact on interstate five near Panoche road, they were left unrecognizable. This has been a bad start to the year for us, says Rory Marks with Coalinga CHP.
Coalinga CHP officers say all of the family members inside the Chevrolet truck died.
The passengers included a woman who was eight months pregnant, her three children, ages 1, 8, and 10, and her mother-in-law.
They were all from northern California.
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) This is the aftermath of a deadly head-on crash between a pick up truck and a big rig in Western Fresno County.
The vehicles were so mangled from the impact on interstate five near Panoche road, they were left unrecognizable. This has been a bad start to the year for us, says Rory Marks with Coalinga CHP.
Coalinga CHP officers say all of the family members inside the Chevrolet truck died.
The passengers included a woman who was eight months pregnant, her three children, ages 1, 8, and 10, and her mother-in-law.
They were all from northern California.