[03-26-2023] Fresno County, CA – One Person Killed, Two Others Injured After Kerman Fiery Multi-Vehicle Crash

One person was killed and two others were injured following a fiery multi-vehicle collision in Kerman, Fresno County, on Sunday night, March 26, 2023.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the fatal three-vehicle crash that ejected one of the drivers occurred at about 8:30 p.m. on Highway 180 at Sonoma Avenue.

A Chevrolet sedan was reportedly traveling west along the highway when it veered to the left for unknown reasons and sideswiped a Ford Mustang. The Chevy then crashed head-on into a Toyota Camry.

The Chevy’s 47-year-old male driver from Antioch was thrown out onto the road as his vehicle caught fire. He didn’t have his seat belt on. He was airlifted to Community Regional Medical Center, where he later passed away.

The drivers of the two vehicles, a 40-year-old man from Mendota and a 44-year-old woman from Bakersfield, were sent to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Updates said they were expected to live.

Two helicopters from CHP and Fresno County Sheriff’s deputies, and officers from Kerman and Mendota Police responded to the crash. It’s unclear whether drugs or alcohol played a role.

Following the crash, traffic on Highway 180 heading west was detoured at James Road.

Fatal Multi-Vehicle Accident Statistics

In the United States, vehicle collisions cause a disproportionate number of avoidable deaths and injuries. More than ten million people are hurt and two million are killed annually in car accidents around the world.

The National Safety Council reported an 8.3 percent increase in traffic fatalities in 2020. This number has been steadily dropping in the three years before that report. In 2019, there were 39,107 people killed in car accidents across the United States. They numbered 42,338 in the year 2020.

In 2020, 3,847 persons lost their lives in automobile accidents in the Golden State. Two- or more-car accidents accounted for 41% of all fatalities, or 1,587 people’s deaths. The majority of fatalities, 2,260, or 59%, were in single-vehicle collisions.

77% of all injury cases, 71% of all accident cases in which injuries occurred, and 72% of all accident cases overall involved two or more vehicles. Around eight thousand people were killed or injured as a result of angle collisions in 2020.

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