Man dies in crash while driving to work near Del Rey, CHP says

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral is dormant aft colliding with a semi motortruck successful Del Rey Wednesday morning, the California Highway Patrol announced.

According to CHP, conscionable earlier 6 a.m. a large rig without a trailer was traveling westbound connected American Avenue, approaching the POM Wonderful plant, arsenic a Dodge Challenger was traveling down it.

As the large rig attempted to marque a near crook into the plant, officers accidental the Challenger collided into the rear of the semi astatine a precocious complaint of speed, causing them some to rotation out. The Challenger came to a remainder successful the adjacent field, and the large rig ended up successful the opposing lane.

Investigators study the operator of the Challenger, a antheral believed to beryllium successful his precocious 20s to aboriginal 30s, was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. The operator of the semi was taken to a section infirmary with insignificant to mean injuries.

CHP says the operator of the Challenger was not wearing his seatbelt astatine the clip of the crash. Investigators believed helium was connected his mode to enactment erstwhile the clang happened.