Sunday, September 16, 2018
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) --
A 64-year-old man is dead after a FedEx driver crashed into the side of his car in Fresno County.
It happened at around 2 p.m. on Saturday near Golden State Boulevard and American Avenue.
CHP officers say the vehicle drove forward directly into the path of a FedEx van near American Avenue and Golden State Boulevard.
Joshua Hernandez, 38, was driving the van that collided with the other vehicle.
He was not injured in the accident but the impact of the crash killed the driver of the car and injured the passenger who has been identified as 58-year-old Eufrosina Guzman Ramirez.
She was taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay.
We know the man who died was 64-years-old but he has not yet been identified.
The cause of the collision is under investigation.
Alcohol and drugs are not believed to have caused the accident.
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Fed-Ex truck slams into elderly couple south of Fresno. Old male driver killed, CHP says
By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado
cdelgado@fresnobee.com
September 16, 2018
Fresno County, California
An elderly man who was driving with his wife through a tricky intersection died Saturday afternoon after his vehicle was hit by a Fed-Ex truck.
California Highway Patrol spokesman Victor Taylor said a 64-year-old man was taken from the crash site at Golden State Boulevard and American Avenue to Community Regional Medical Center, where he later died.
Earlier, firefighters had to extricate the man from his 1999 brown Toyota Corolla after the driver’s side was slammed into by the delivery truck.
The wife, 58-year-old Eufrosina Fructuosa Guzman Ramirez, suffered non-life threatening injuries and also was admitted into the hospital, the CHP said.