MADERA COUNTY (KFSN) --
The California Highway Patrol is investigating a crash where two people were killed on Highway 145 and Highway 41 near Road 38 in Madera County. The incident was called in around 10:40 Friday morning.
According to authorities, a car driving at a high rate of speed was passing another car when he drove head-on into another car. The driver of the other car was killed and one of the three passengers in the wrong-way driver's car was also killed.
One of the cars burst into flames after the crash.
According to Caltrans, Highway 145 is closed at Highway 41.
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MADERA, Calif. (FOX26) —
Two people died after a head-on crash on Highway 145 in Madera County.
The crash happened around 11:00 a.m. on Friday, west of Highway 41.
CHP says the driver of a gray sedan tried to pass a big rig on the 2-lane road with double yellow lines.
The sedan traveling west hit an oncoming sedan traveling east.
The gray sedan had four people inside, a female driver, 2 female passengers and one male passenger.
The driver and two passengers were sent to the hospital with major injuries and one of the female passengers died at the scene.
The female driver of the other sedan also died at the scene. There were no passengers in her car.