Overview
- The chain-reaction crash began around 9:15 a.m. Sunday on southbound Highway 99 near North Avenue just outside Fresno and involved a semitruck.
- A 61-year-old man died after his car was struck following the initial pileup, and a woman was thrown over a guard rail about 40 feet down an embankment and hospitalized with major injuries.
- Witness accounts relayed to CHP put visibility at 10 to 15 feet as dense tule fog caused drivers to slow and swerve.
- Multiple adults and children suffered injuries ranging from minor to major, with totals still being established, and medics used a Fresno city bus to transport some patients.
- Southbound lanes were shut for an extended investigation, and Fresno fire officials described coordinated search markings on vehicles to avoid duplicated rescue efforts.