Man killed after pickup crashes into semi in dense fog near Highway 99

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A antheral has died aft the pickup motortruck helium was driving collided with a semi-truck connected Clovis Avenue adjacent Highway 99. It happened astir 7:30 Sunday morning.

According to the California Highway Patrol, visibility successful the country was debased owed to dense fog.

The semi was heading northbound connected Clovis Avenue erstwhile the operator tried to marque a crook adjacent Golden State Boulevard. That's erstwhile the pickup truck, going southbound connected Golden State, slammed into the semi.

The collision caused the motortruck cab to go stuck beneath the semi's trailer. The motortruck and trailer caught fire, with achromatic fume rising from the wreckage.

The operator of the pickup motortruck died from his injuries.

The clang remains nether investigation.